Stephanie Hughes

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I'm Stephanie Hughes.

We're back with Willa Remus, tech reporter at The Washington Post.

I imagine a lot of journalists got into the profession because they like to write.

Isn't the idea with AI that we give it the tasks we don't want to do and save like the fun, thinky ones for ourselves?

I will say, Will, it felt kind of poignant to read this piece in the Washington Post, which has recently dealt with major layoffs, also is experimenting with AI.

How does this all make you feel?

What do you think is the future of AI tools in newsrooms in both the near term and like the medium term?

That's Willer Remus at The Washington Post.

Jesus Alvarado produced this episode.

I'm Stephanie Hughes, and that's Marketplace Tech.

This is APM.

Meta strikes a deal with News Corp to get content, old and new, to train its AI.

From American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Stephanie Hughes.

It's Friday, time for Marketplace Tech Bytes, where we take a look at a few of the big stories in the tech industry.

This week, Meta and News Corp reach a licensing deal.

Plus, defense contractors untangle Claude from their workflows.

But first, are there some things we shouldn't try to predict?

The online prediction marketplace Kalshi lets users bet on the outcome of many things that can happen in the future.