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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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  • Can AI improve your odds of finding good childcare?
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    The childcare marketplace startup Winnie has a new, AI-powered search engine for parents looking for more specific options.

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  • A bill that bans kids from using AI chatbots is gaining momentum
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    The GUARD Act just passed the Senate Judiciary Committee, and would prohibit companies from letting kids under 18 interact with what the legislation calls "AI companions.”

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  • Taylor Swift vs. AI
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    Plus, Google lands an AI deal with the Pentagon, and Japan Airlines experiments with using robots help with baggage and cargo. Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, joins Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes for this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

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  • Middle East tensions are putting tech supply chains under pressure
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    Jeff Janukowicz, global lead and research vice president at IDC, explains what crucial material supply chains are being disrupted due to the Iran war and what effects it’s having on the consumer market and the AI sector.

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  • An architect's rendering of the Kairos Power Hermes 2 nuclear facility, scheduled for completion by 2030.
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    Kairos Power CEO Mike Laufer talks about the company’s first commercial nuclear facility, Hermes 2, being built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as well as its partnership with Google and the AI data center sector at large.

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  • Introducing the world’s largest Math Olympiad database
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    MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab has released a massive, public collection of proof-based math problems gathered from the International Mathematical Olympiad.

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