Bytes: Week in Review – New year, new state AI laws, new showdown with Trump admin.
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
X, formerly Twitter, is facing a global backlash because users are directing the platform's AI chatbot, Grok, to generate non-consensual intimate imagery. Users have been popping up in the replies of women — and sometimes minors — tagging Grok and asking it to generate images of them in bikinis or undressed.
The company and its owner, Elon Musk, have both clarified illegal content will not be tolerated on the platform.
Plus, President Donald Trump signed an executive order late last year aimed at blocking states from enforcing local AI regulations — something a majority have adopted in some form.
And, Meta is a victim of its own success. Its new Ray-Ban smart glasses are selling too fast to keep up with demand.
Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, to discuss all these topics on this week’s Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review.
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| 0:39.8 | I'm Megan McCarty Carrino. |
| 0:50.4 | Late last year, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to block states from enforcing local AI regulations, something a majority of them have adopted in some form. |
| 1:03.0 | We'll talk about what's next in this potential showdown on today's Marketplace TechBites week in review. |
| 1:09.0 | Plus, Meta is a victim of its own success. Its new Rayban |
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