A lucrative indictment

Make Me Smart

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News, Business

4.6 • 5.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2023

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump made headlines last week, when news broke out that he had been indicted. The news helped him fundraise over $4 million in just 24 hours. Now, politicians and parties are using the indictment to rake in big bucks. Even Meta is benefiting. And, ChatGPT could revolutionize the world, but Italy has some concerns. Plus, dinosaurs had what?!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

- “ChatGPT Banned in Italy Over Data-Privacy Concerns” from The Wall Street Journal

- “Italian regulators order ChatGPT ban over alleged violation of data privacy laws” from The Verge

- “Millions on Medicaid May Soon Lose Coverage as Pandemic Protections Expire” from The New York Times

- “Millions will start losing Medicaid coverage as Covid safety net is dismantled” from CNBC

- “Meta is profiting from Trump’s ads that fundraise off of his indictment” from Media Matters

- “Trump’s fundraising efforts after indictment pay off, with over $4 million raised” from The Hill

- “Adam Schiff called out by MSNBC host for fundraising off Trump indictment” from Fox News

- “NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under Artemis” from NASA

- “T. Rex Had Lips That Concealed Its Teeth, Study Says” from Smithsonian magazine

- “Theropod dinosaur facial reconstruction and the importance of soft tissues in paleobiology” from Science

If you’ve got a question about the economy, business or technology, let us know. We’re at [email protected], or leave us a message at 508-U-B-SMART.

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0:43.0	Hello, I'm Kimberly Adams coming to you from St. Paul, Minnesota.
0:52.8	Welcome back to Make Me Smart, where we make today make sense.
0:56.3	It's Monday, April 3rd.
0:58.2	Kai is off this week and joining me today instead is Marketplace's Matt Levin.
1:03.3	Hey, Matt, welcome back to the podcast.
1:05.7	Hey, thanks for having me, Kimberly.
1:08.0	Good to be here.
1:09.4	Yes, and I am actually a company headquarters, APM HQ in St. Paul, Minnesota for a couple
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1:16.9	And even from here, I've got some news fixes and you do too.
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