How Radical Tech Could Boost Oceans’ Power to Cool the Planet

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

News, Tech News

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🗓️ 25 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Oceans already absorb about 30% of the planet’s atmospheric carbon. Nascent technologies are aiming to boost oceans’ ability to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The startups behind them are attracting money from the U.S. government and big companies. WSJ reporter Eric Niiler joins host Zoe Thomas to explain how the tech works and its potential impact. Plus, Meta is using public information from its U.S.-based accounts to train its artificial intelligence systems. We'll tell you how you can avoid sharing your data. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:24.2	ek slash special offer. Welcome to Tech News briefing it's's Tuesday, June 25th. I'm Zoe Thomas for the Wall Street Journal.
0:36.9	Since last year, Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has been incorporating public data from U.S US accounts into its generative
0:45.0	artificial intelligence features. There is no way for US users to opt out,
0:50.0	but there are ways to limit Meta's use of your data and we'll tell you how
0:54.6	And then oceans help cool down the planet now startups are embarking on the world's first major projects to get oceans to suck up even more carbon dioxide,
1:06.0	and those projects are being fueled by federal and corporate money.
1:10.0	Our reporter Eric Neeler will explain how these new technologies work and what impact they could have.
1:17.0	But first, in Europe, backlash from regulatory agencies led Meta to
1:26.6	indefinitely pause efforts to train its AI models on anything shared publicly
1:32.0	on European Union and UK-based accounts.
1:35.0	But in the US, it's a different story.
1:38.0	The parent of Facebook and Instagram is already tapping into information from US accounts and using it to make its chatbot
1:44.9	smarter. Here to tell us more about that and share ways to keep your data private is Cordelia
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