Technology

It depends on the platform, but more users are asking chatbots for personal advice and to complete tasks autonomously.

Trade wars and online shopping have created a customs crunch, and that’s made space for new tech to help small firms struggling with cross-border red tape.

Joanna Stern, senior personal technology columnist at The Wall Street Journal, joins Marketplace’s Nova Safo on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Missy Stults, the director of Sustainability and Innovation for the city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, leads a program that will supplement current electrical infrastructure and aid energy reliability and affordability citywide.

One reason is that demand has surged from electrifying vehicles and furnaces — and from the rush to build new data centers.

Companies making the biggest investments in AI are spending less elsewhere.

Details are forthcoming, but the company has acknowledged that some longer exchanges with ChatGPT can become problematic.

From the CHIPS Act to the U.S. revoking a waiver it had granted TSMC to use U.S. machinery, the government is trying to have a heavy hand in this global industry.

People are turning to AI for therapy — raising concerns among mental health professionals. Illinois legislators have responded by banning therapists from using AI, other than for administrative tasks.

Psychologist Elaine Kasket explains how AI could help or hurt as we grieve the loss of a loved one.