How Food App Yuka Is Changing What Shoppers Buy

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The mobile app Yuka tells users how healthy food products are, and it’s even led some manufacturers to swap out ingredients in their products. But how reliable is it really? WSJ reporter Jesse Newman discusses. Plus, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a future in which our friends and therapists will be largely made up of AI agents. Reporter Meghan Bobrowsky talks about how realistic that may be. Julie Chang hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.1	asking you a question at the top of each show for the next few weeks.
0:42.8	Our goal here at Tech News Briefing is to keep you updated with the latest headlines and trends on all things tech. Now, we want to know more about you, what you like about the show, and what
0:49.1	more you'd like to hear from us. We already asked you about some corners of tech you might be interested in.
0:55.4	Now, we've got a few others in mind, biotech, data science, robotics? Let us know what sparks
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1:07.5	Or you can send an email to tNB at WSJ.com.
1:12.0	Now, on to the show.
1:17.7	Welcome to Tech News Briefing.
1:19.7	It's Thursday, May 8th.
1:21.5	I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal.
1:24.6	Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a future in which your coworkers, therapists, and even friends will be AI.
1:32.3	How realistic is that?
1:34.3	Plus, a mobile app is leading food manufacturers to swap out ingredients in their products.
1:40.3	We'll tell you about Yuka and how it decides what's healthy or not.
1:47.0	Up first, Mark Zuckerberg has been talking non-stop about artificial intelligence.
1:53.2	He's gone on podcasts, been interviewed, and made public appearances where he's basically gone
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