Isabelle Bousquet

Are there any risks associated with trying to imbue AI with this higher level of emotional intelligence and morality?

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I'm Isabel Bousquet for The Wall Street Journal.

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Welcome to Tech News Briefing.

It's Tuesday, January 13th.

I'm Isabelle Bousquet for The Wall Street Journal.

The Trump administration has slashed subsidies for solar and renewable energy.

But in many segments of the market, solar deals are persisting.

We're shedding light on why.

Then, AI is everywhere these days, including recycling plants.

It turns out some new tech is pretty good at sorting through streams of garbage.

We'll dive into how it works and the valuable treasures it's plucking out of the trash.

But first, solar projects have been under fire recently.

The Trump administration has slashed incentives for renewable power and called the sun and wind-powered energy the scam of the century.

But despite that, the sun is still shining on some solar deals.