Bytes: Week in Review – AI whistleblowers, Facebook’s future, and meme stock backlash
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🗓️ 7 June 2024
⏱️ 15 minutes
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It’s cornered the market for boomers. Now, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta hopes to make Facebook once again a favorite social media app for young adults. Plus, the Wall Street Journal reports E*Trade is considering whether to give the boot to user Roaring Kitty, who helped ignite the 2021 meme stock craze. In case you missed it, yes, the craze is back. But first, there’s yet another open letter on AI. This whistleblower letter comes from more than a dozen current and former employees at major AI companies. They warn of the risks posed by the technology being developed. Marketplace’s Lily Jamali is joined by Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, for her take on this week’s tech news.
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| 0:41.8 | The Grand Plan for the future of Facebook. From American Public Media, this is Marketplace |
| 0:49.6 | Tech. I'm Lily Dramale. It is Friday which means it's time for Marketplace Tech Bites week in review. |
| 1:05.0 | On this week's show, it's cornered the market for Boomers. |
| 1:08.0 | Now Mark Zuckerberg's meta hopes to make Facebook a favorite social media app once again for young adults. |
| 1:16.0 | Then E-Trade considers whether to give the boot to Roaring Kitty, the user who helped ignite |
| 1:21.0 | the 2021 meme stock craze in case you missed it the |
| 1:24.7 | craze yeah it's back but first there's yet another open letter on AI this one |
| 1:31.0 | comes from a group of whistleblowers more than a dozen current and former |
| 1:34.9 | employees at major AI companies. |
| 1:37.6 | They warn of the risks posed by the technology being developed. |
| 1:41.5 | Reporter Natasha Muscarrenes at the information explained. |
| 1:45.0 | There's always been this really essential question about AI and how it's going to create |
| 1:51.4 | safety risks going forward? |
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