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Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts

Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts

Update: 2025-11-07

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On today's “Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we discuss federal cybersecurity cutbacks that affected this week’s elections and a caucus of Midwestern states pushing to join the AI boom. Plus, Sens. Josh Hawley and Mark Warner introduced a bipartisan bill requiring some companies to report when AI replaces workers.

Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Axios tech policy reporter Maria Curi about these headlines and more.

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Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts

Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts

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Former regional Fed president: We need an "AI land grant act"

Former regional Fed president: We need an "AI land grant act"

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Silicon Valley's tech bro culture is changing

Silicon Valley's tech bro culture is changing

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Sora 2's disinformation problem

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Sam Bankman-Fried returns to court to challenge fraud verdict

Sam Bankman-Fried returns to court to challenge fraud verdict

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Bytes: Week in Review - Is AI to blame for this week's wave of layoffs?

Bytes: Week in Review - Is AI to blame for this week's wave of layoffs?

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California's public GPU infrastructure experiment

California's public GPU infrastructure experiment

2025-10-3007:46

“China’s H-1B” talent visa gets praise abroad and backlash at home

“China’s H-1B” talent visa gets praise abroad and backlash at home

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Wikipedia co-founder: Trust and empathy are essential

Wikipedia co-founder: Trust and empathy are essential

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Sites marketed as tools for catching infidelity can also be misused by stalkers

Sites marketed as tools for catching infidelity can also be misused by stalkers

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Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI officially joins the browser wars

Bytes: Week in Review - OpenAI officially joins the browser wars

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The aerospace industry is betting on hybrid air taxis

The aerospace industry is betting on hybrid air taxis

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How Indigenous communities are adopting AI

How Indigenous communities are adopting AI

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How will AI-led e-commerce affect small businesses?

How will AI-led e-commerce affect small businesses?

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New CA law requires Uber and Lyft to bargain with drivers

New CA law requires Uber and Lyft to bargain with drivers

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Bytes: Week in Review — Instagram to limit content for teens, Walmart lands OpenAI deal, and Apple rebrands streaming service

Bytes: Week in Review — Instagram to limit content for teens, Walmart lands OpenAI deal, and Apple rebrands streaming service

2025-10-1713:01

Documents show ICE wants a nonstop social media surveillance system

Documents show ICE wants a nonstop social media surveillance system

2025-10-1608:24

FCC cuts expansion to broadband, hotspot access

FCC cuts expansion to broadband, hotspot access

2025-10-1511:59

Is surveillance technology a more humane alternative to detaining immigrants?

Is surveillance technology a more humane alternative to detaining immigrants?

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AI companies are eyeing your shopping cart and your data

2025-10-1310:18

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Bytes: Week in Review - Quantifying AI's impact on job cuts

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