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  • Canada to share its hydropower with Northeast U.S.
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    As Marketplace's Henry Epp reports, the idea is that the U.S. could eventually produce enough clean energy to sell back to Québec.

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  • Meta wants AI chats to be private
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    Plus, Waymo recalls thousands of its robotaxis after one of its vehicles drove onto a flooded road, and Princeton is requiring in-person proctoring during exams amid AI-fueled cheating. Will Oremus, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins Marketplace's Stephanie Hughes for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

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  • Why audio deepfakes are so hard to spot
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    Hany Farid, UC Berkeley professor and co-founder of Get Real Security, explains how voice clones have become more sophisticated over the years. Plus, some tips on how to avoid deepfake scams.

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  • Raising kids in an AI-driven world
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    Joanna Stern, journalist and author of the book “I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI To Do “Almost” Everything,” explains what parents should consider when AI comes into their family life.

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  • Journalist and founder of New Things, Joanna Stern.
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    Joanna Stern, journalist and founder of the media company New Things, puts AI to the test in her new book “I Am Not a Robot,” sharing what worked and what didn’t after a year of using it for almost everything.

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  • Amid Silicon Valley scramble for AI agent productivity, "token anxiety" takes hold
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    And, as Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino reports, there's also an anxiety about not having the autonomous agents complete more tasks on your behalf.

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  • Anthropic’s new, powerful allies: Elon Musk and SpaceX
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    Plus, Apple settles a lawsuit for allegedly overpromising what its Apple Intelligence software could do, and GameStop makes a surprising bid for eBay. Caroline O’Donovan, senior tech reporter at The San Francisco Standard, joins Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

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  • Elon Musk is in court arguing that OpenAI abandoned its nonprofit model
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    The trial is also giving a behind-the-scenes view of how some of the biggest leaders in AI need to have their egos tamed, says Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired.

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  • Lt. Matthew Barter of the Manchester Police Department. Barter has done independent research into whether AI has actually saved police officers time by generating police report drafts.
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    AI is being sold to police departments as a time saving tool. Science and technology journalist Greg Barber says the results can be more complicated, with limited evidence that this tech can meaningfully reduce workloads.

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