Bytes: Week in Review — AI talks at Paris summit, Apple launches health study and BuzzFeed’s social media plans

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🗓️ 14 February 2025

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On this week’s Marketplace “Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we’ll talk about Apple launching a new health research study and BuzzFeed starting a new social media platform. But first, the U.S. is pushing back against global AI regulation. This week there was a kind of who’s who of AI and government at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said there should be rules for this technology and that AI cannot be the Wild West. But the country that’s home to the original Wild West wants to forge ahead. U.S. Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech underlining the Donald Trump administration’s intent to develop AI without worrying about the risks. Marketplace’s Stephanie Hughes spoke with Jewel Burks Solomon, managing partner at the venture firm Collab Capital, about these topics for this week’s “Tech Bytes.”

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0:00.0	Could a company known for Listicles compete in the world of social media?
0:05.5	For American Public Media, this is Marketplace Tech and Stephanie Hughes.
0:18.6	It's Friday, time for Marketplace TechBites week in review.
0:22.0	Today we'll talk about Apple launching a new health research study and BuzzFeed starting a new social media platform.
0:28.4	But first, the U.S. is pushing back against global AI regulation.
0:33.0	This week, there was a kind of who's who of big names in AI and government at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris.
0:40.8	French President Emmanuel Macron reportedly said there should be rules for this technology that AI cannot be the Wild West.
0:48.3	But the country that's home to the original Wild West is interested in forging ahead.
0:53.2	Here's U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance,
0:55.7	speaking at the summit. When conferences like this convened to discuss a cutting-edge technology,
1:01.2	oftentimes I think our response is to be too self-conscious, too risk-averse. But never have I
1:07.6	encountered a breakthrough in tech that so clearly calls us to do precisely the opposite.
1:12.9	I spoke with Jewelberg-Solomon, managing partner at the venture firm Collab Capital,
1:17.5	about how hearing this sort of speech on a global stage affects her thinking as an AI investor.
1:23.0	On the one hand, I think obviously AI is a super exciting area for investors. We're finding a lot of great
1:29.6	opportunities. There's a lot of innovation. It's moving so fast. And so I understand the position to
1:36.6	forge ahead and not get too bogged down with regulation. But on the other hand, there are so many companies, so many people who are building. It's really
1:49.3	important that there is some level of uniformity and regulation across borders as it relates
1:56.8	to this innovation. So I think it's personally a little bit scary and disappointing that we
2:03.5	couldn't get on board with the other 60 plus countries that signed on to some sort of basic
2:09.6	rules of the road here. You know, but I think there's probably a lot of investors who are excited
2:14.9	about the position that JD Vance and the current administration
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