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  • Hospitals pull back on robotic nursing assistants
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    Varshal Bansal, reporter at Proof News, discusses the nursing robot “Moxi” and why hospital networks stopped using them after they were rolled out in 2019.

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  • Why SpaceX stock soared, then stumbled
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    Plus, Meta is reportedly developing its own prediction markets app and Google makes an AI-related investment in independent film studio A24. Anita Ramaswamy, columnist at The Information, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

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  • Stanford launches AI economy indicator to match AI's pace
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    Data from Stanford Digital Economy Lab’s new AI Economic Indicator dashboard suggests AI-exposed jobs have been declining since ChatGPT was released in late 2022. Research manager and project lead Connacher Murphy says the database will help researchers and regular job seekers alike.

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  • Fisk University, a prominent HBCU in Nashville, Tennessee, is betting on a $400 million data center to potentially revitalize its campus, but community members there are protesting the partnership.
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    Following federal funding cuts, some Black colleges and universities are agreeing to data center partnerships as an alternative income stream, says Ashley Northington, higher-ed strategy executive at DENOR Strategic Advisors.

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  • Why this Silicon Valley priest wants to teach AI right from wrong
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    Father Brendan McGuire of St. Simon’s Parish in Los Altos, California, discusses why he helped Anthropic draft its “Claude Constitution” and why the Vatican is engaging in the broader conversation around ethical AI.

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  • Laura Nilsson, president of the Traverse City Munson Nurses Association, a nurses' union in northern Michigan, speaks to a crowd on Mar. 26, 2026.
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    Claire Keenan-Kurgan at Interlochen Public Radio chronicles how nurses unions are bargaining over the use of artificial intelligence in the workplace.

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    Plus, SpaceX acquires AI coding platform Cursor, and Meta tries to boost employee morale. Paresh Dave, senior writer at Wired, joins Marketplace's Meghan McCarty Carino for this week's "Tech Bytes: Week in Review."

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  • Online casting scams hit Hollywood
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    Scammers are impersonating casting directors with convincing emails and sometimes AI voice clones to steal money from aspiring actors, according Katie Kilkenny, labor and media journalist at the Hollywood Reporter.

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  • Who should get an AI kill switch?
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    Anthropic has withdrawn access to its powerful cybersecurity AI models Mythos 5 and Fable 5, citing national security concerns. Raffi Krikorian, chief technology officer at Mozilla, questions who gets to flip that AI “kill switch” in the first place.

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