Bytes: Week in Review – AI and layoffs, Character.ai bans minors from platform and Nvidia breaks $5 trillion valuation – marketplace.org
Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Nova Safo for this week’s Tech Bytes: Week in Review
Several major firms announced tens of thousands of job layoffs this week, and some reports are putting the blame on AI.
Plus, startup Character.AI says it will ban minors from interacting with its chatbots.
Also, Nvidia became the first $5 trillion company. We'll look at what that means.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with regular contributor Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, about all these topics on this week’s Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.
Tens of Thousands of White-Collar Jobs Are Disappearing as AI Starts to Bite – from The Wall Street Journal
Behind the Curtain: How an AI job apocalypse unfolds – from Axios
Character.AI to Bar Children Under 18 From Using Its Chatbots – from The New York Times
Senators announce bill that would ban AI chatbot companions for minors – from CNBC
AI chipmaker Nvidia is the first $5 trillion company – from The Associated Press
Powell says that, unlike the dotcom boom, AI spending isn’t a bubble: ‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’ – from Fortune
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