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Jun 12, 2026

Why Siri AI isn't coming to the EU

Plus, the Trump administration’s latest attempts to pass federal AI regulation and guidelines for prediction markets. Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

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The White House is not giving up its push to preempt states from passing their own AI laws, something it tried and failed to accomplish last year. We'll get into it on today's “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Plus it looks like federal regulators might actually put some rules on prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket.

And Siri AI is coming to an Apple device near you later this year, as long as you're not in Europe.

But first, back to that renewed attempt to pass federal guidelines and preempt state-level AI laws. The Trump administration tried and failed to get a similar provision into a defense spending bill last year, then signed an executive order that hasn't really slowed states down much.

So what's different about this newest push? Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, to learn more.

More on everything we talked about

Scoop: White House and Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws - from Axios

White House negotiating federal preemption of state AI laws in exchange for Hill priorities - from The Hill

Trump Regulator Proposes New Rules on What’s Allowed on Prediction Markets - from The Wall Street Journal

Why Apple’s A.I. Upgrade for Siri Won’t Be Available in Europe - from The New York Times

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