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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2026 · 14 MIN

NYC public schools ban AI through middle school

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Google survives yet another antitrust case without having to break up its business. Plus, New York City public schools announced a new policy this week banning the use of AI among elementary and middle school students. But first, John Ternus took over as CEO of Apple after a 15-year run by Tim Cook. Joanna Stern, founder of the media company New Things, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino to explain more about what this means for the iPhone maker on this week’s “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”Everything we talked about“Apple Begins Its Next Balancing Act as New C.E.O. Takes Over” from The New York Times“Why Apple’s folding iPhone will be ‘Ultra’ in name only” from Macworld“In a Big Win, Google Avoids a Breakup of Its Ad Tech Business” from The New York Times“Nation’s largest school district bans AI in the classroom through 8th grade” from CNN“Three AI agents. One school shopping list.” from New Things

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