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  • AI can't read the room
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    Researchers at Johns Hopkins University tested several AI models’ ability to interpret how humans were interacting with each other in short videos and found they were largely unable to consistently describe what was happening. Leyla Isik, professor of cognitive science at Johns Hopkins University and senior scientist of the study, explains what their findings could mean for the future of AI development.

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  • Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI's for-profit troubles, FTC sues Uber and how VCs are weathering Trump tariffs
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    Jewel Burks Solomon, managing partner at Collab Capital, joins Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

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  • Is community fact-checking the future of social media moderation?
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    TikTok recently announced it will launch a user-led fact checking program called Footnotes, similar to the community-led notes on X and Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms. Lisa Fazio, professor of psychology at Vanderbilt University, explains how effective these crowd-sourced moderation efforts have been and whether this is the future for social media moderation.

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  • Cities take the lead in battling rent-setting algorithms
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    Four high-cost cities — San Francisco, Philadelphia, Minneapolis, and Berkeley, California — have banned the use of rent algorithms. Stateline reporter Robbie Sequeira explains their motivations and what might happen to the Biden administration’s challenge to these tools.

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  • This company uses AI to make workers AI-savvy — and keep their jobs
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    Ujjwal Singh, chief product and technology officer at Multiverse, says the company’s AI coach can keep workers’ skills up to date. Otherwise, they could be nudged aside by those who know their way around a chatbot.

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  • Mobile apps are failing users with disabilities
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    Many apps are falling short of being accessible to disabled users, according to a recent report from software developer ArcTouch and the online platform Fable. Ben Ogilvie, head of accessibility at ArcTouch, explains how mobile app developers can improve on their accessibility features.

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    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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  • The first model of the ALIA aircraft has a conventional take-off method, which means it still goes down a runway. A second version in testing will have vertical take-off.
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    The state is betting big on its future with investments in air taxi infrastructure and a possible space port.

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  • Can the U.S. get around China's restrictions on rare earth minerals?
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    China is responsible for most of the world’s processing of rare earth metals and minerals, but its new export restrictions have raised the stakes for U.S. efforts to build its own supply chain and processing industry. Barbara Arnold, a professor of mining engineering at Penn State, says there are options, but they require time, development and investment.

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