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I'm Stephanie Hughes.

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

This week, the prediction markets platform, Kalshi, announces new rules.

Plus, the Department of Labor introduces an AI literacy course.

But first, a jury in Los Angeles found this week that Meta and YouTube were negligent in what's being called a landmark case.

The social media companies were accused of designing their platforms to be addictive, which caused harm to a young user's mental health.

The companies will reportedly pay $6 million in damages.

Both companies have told media outlets they are disagreeing with the verdict and are exploring their legal options.

I talked about this with Maria Curie at Axios.

Yeah.