Meta is all in on AI.

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Lily Jramale. It is Friday which means it's time for Marketplace Tech Bites week and review.

On today's show, Facebook and Instagram Parent Meta

is expanding its AI offerings across its products,

even as the company gets rid of AI features that haven't quite landed with consumers.

The bottom line, CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Meta AI is on track to be the most used AI assistant

in the world by the end of this year.

Then, the Wall Street Journal's senior personal tech columnist Joanna Stern shares surprises

and regrets on her journey as an electric vehicle owner.

But first, this week in Congress, the Senate passed the Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection

Act, also known as Kappa 2.0, and the Kids Online Safety Act, also known as Kappa 2.0, and the Kids Online Safety Act, or Cosa, in a rare bipartisan vote.

91 senators voted in favor with just

aim to reduce harm to kids on the internet.

Joanna join me to share her take.

It's significant and it's long overdue.

And I think that's what we are seeing here.

It's just an eagerness from these

lawmakers to get some more modern protections in for America's youth around

digital safety. Yeah and looking at the, Kappa 2.0 would ban targeted advertising to minors

and data collection without their consent.

It also gives parents and kids the option to delete their information from platforms.

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