Daisy Palacios

5 days ago | marketplace.org | Nova Safo |Nancy Farghalli |Daisy Palacios |Daniel Shin

Jun 23, 2025The state's Senate recently passed SB 420, a bill that would regulate high-risk automated decision systems. Kate Brennan, associate director at AI Now Institute, says this bill will also require consumers to be notified when such tool is used in a way that directly affects them. AI is deployed in what are known as automated decision systems, or ADS.

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Nova Safo |Daisy Palacios |Courtney Bergsieker

This week, we’ve looked at the budget reconciliation bill and its effects on student debt, taxes, health care and social programs. The bill is currently moving through the Senate. Today, we discuss the reconciliation bill and the national deficit. And we dig into other proposals such as AI regulation ban and private foundation taxes. Plus, we play a special budget round of Half Full/Half Empty. Here’s everything we talked about today:Got a question for the hosts?

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Nova Safo |Nancy Farghalli |Daisy Palacios |Daniel Shin

Jun 20, 2025Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Nova Safo on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”OpenAI and Microsoft are reportedly caught up in protracted behind-the-scenes negotiations that are in danger of boiling over into public conflict. Plus, prosecutors say the man accused of assassinating a Minnesota Democratic lawmaker used online data brokers to help target his victims.

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Kimberly Adams |Reema Khrais |Daisy Palacios |Courtney Bergsieker

Every day this week, we’ll take a look at the ripple effects of the budget reconciliation bill moving through Congress that would enact President Donald Trump’s agenda. Today, we focus on the bill’s impact on health care and social programs. We explain how the Senate’s version of the reconciliation bill cuts Medicaid more aggressively than the House of Representatives’ previous version.

1 week ago | marketplace.org | Nova Safo |Nancy Farghalli |Daisy Palacios |Daniel Shin

Protests in Southern California and around the country over raids targeting undocumented immigrants played out differently on social media depending on the person or the platform. They’re peaceful — look at the family-friendly atmosphere. They’re violent — Los Angeles is in flames. These competing narratives underline the hyper-siloed nature of online discourse and the power of misinformation.