Congestion Pricing Hits NYC & Meta Backtracks on AI Characters

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

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Episode 490: Neal and Toby discuss NYC’s congestion pricing that began over the weekend. Could it be a proven model to be used across the country? Then, Meta is trying to take back its AI Character profiles after its own bot pointed out the lack of diversity of its development team. Also, Park City ski workers go on strike during one of the busiest times of the season. Meanwhile, the weekend’s winners are the 82nd Golden Globes and the Darts teen sensation Luke Littler. Lastly, the biggest news you need to know for the week ahead. Checkout public.com/morningbrew for more Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here: https://link.chtbl.com/MBD Watch Morning Brew Daily Here: https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow Checkout public.com/morningbrew for more All investing involves the risk of loss, including loss of principal. Brokerage services for US-listed, registered securities, options and bonds in a self-directed account are offered by Public Investing, Inc., member FINRA & SIPC. Public Investing offers a High-Yield Cash Account where funds from this account are automatically deposited into partner banks where they earn interest and are eligible for FDIC insurance; Public Investing is not a bank. Cryptocurrency trading services are offered by Bakkt Crypto Solutions, LLC (NMLS ID 1890144), which is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity by the NYSDFS. Cryptocurrency is highly speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and has the potential for loss of the entire amount of an investment. Cryptocurrency holdings are not protected by the FDIC or SIPC. APY as of 1/2/25, offered by Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Rate subject to change. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.4	Good morning brew daily show. I'm Neil Fryman.
0:30.8	And I'm Toby Howell.
0:31.8	Today, ski patrollers are striking against Vale,
0:34.8	and it's about as chaotic as a beginner, pizzaing down a black diamond.
0:38.9	Then the internet is not a fan of Mehta's weird AI chatbots. It's Monday, January 6th,
0:45.7	let's ride.
0:50.8	One of the great New Year's traditions, along with the ball dropping in Times Square, is the first tuna auction of the year at the famed Toyosu fish market in Tokyo, and this year brought the goods.
1:02.4	Over the weekend, a 608-pound bluefin tuna sold for $1.3 million, making it one of the priciest tuna ever to be sold in the history of sushi,
1:13.9	equivalent to $2,100 per pound. The buyer was a Michelin-Star Japanese sushi restaurant chain,
1:20.9	which said it would put the tuna on the menu at 13 of its restaurants. Toby, $2,100 per pound. Do you think you'd be able to tell the
1:29.4	difference if I gave you that tuna versus a sashimi grade one I pick up at Whole Foods?
1:33.7	Oh, absolutely. I have a very delicate palate. It was very funny, though, to see all the news
1:39.1	headlines comparing this tuna to various things in terms of size. The Washington Post went with, it weighs as much as a grizzly bear.
1:47.1	The Guardian went with a motorbike and a Japanese publication kept it simple.
1:51.0	It just called it as fat as a cow.
1:53.1	But I have to ask, Neil, are you a Toro guy, a Chu Toro or O Toro?
1:58.2	That's fatty tuna, medium fatty tuna or very fatty tuna. Well, if I think I want the
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