Megan McCarty Carino

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I'm Megan McCarty Carino.

We're back with Marketplace's Henry Epp on the new reality for EV sales.

Given everything we've talked about, what's your outlook for the EV market next year in 2026?

Is there anything, I guess, short of revival of the big tax credit that might help revitalize the US EV market in the next few years?

That was Marketplace's Henry Epp.

Daniel Shin produced this episode.

I'm Megan McCarty Carino, and that's Marketplace Tech.

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As we continue telling the human story of the economy together.

AI taught us an unfortunate new phrase this year.

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I'm Megan McCarty Carino.

As 2025 comes to an end, we're taking a look back at some of the big tech trends and concepts that went mainstream over the last year.

Today, AI psychosis.

That's when a chatbot leads a user into a delusional spiral.

The technology's tendency to affirm what people say can result in conversations that become untethered from reality and, in the worst cases, have ended with real-world harms.

Kashmir Hill has been reporting on this phenomenon.

She's a features writer at The New York Times.

And a warning, this discussion includes mention of self-harm and suicide.