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Monday through Friday, Marketplace demystifies the digital economy in less than 10 minutes. We look past the hype and ask tough questions about an industry that's constantly changing.Copyright 2025 Minnesota Public Radio Política y Gobierno
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  • Can you buy wins in sports or the AI talent wars?

    Can you buy wins in sports or the AI talent wars?
    Sep 3 2025

    Big Tech companies have been in an all-out bidding war to capture top AI researchers and engineers. Companies like Meta have reportedly been offering compensation packages in the hundreds of millions of dollars. They're the kind of eye-watering sums you usually only hear about in pro sports. Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino explores whether this strategy of collecting expensive superstars will pay off for Big Tech firms looking to win the AI race.

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    5 m
  • Is grieving with AI a healthy way to cope?

    Is grieving with AI a healthy way to cope?
    Sep 2 2025

    More and more people are using generative AI to “resurrect” deceased loved ones. There are tools that can turn an old photograph into a short animation or create entire "AI clones" trained on old audio, video or written diaries. These technological advancements are taking memorializing the dead to a whole new level, but is it healthy? Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke to psychologist Elaine Kasket, who specializes in mental health issues and technology, for some answers.

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    9 m
  • "Organs on a chip" help researchers better understand diseases like endometriosis

    "Organs on a chip" help researchers better understand diseases like endometriosis
    Sep 1 2025

    Endometriosis is a condition in which the tissue that typically lines the uterus grows outside of it instead, often causing intense pain and infertility. MIT researchers are studying that living tissue on plastic chips in the lab, with bioengineer Linda Griffith leading the effort.
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    9 m
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