Earlier this week, Meta agreed to pay $18 billion and make sweeping changes to how minors access its social networks to settle a lawsuit brought by 29 states. But the eye-popping settlement figure wasn’t what caught the attention of the Equity podcast team. Instead, it was what Meta did next. The social media giant sent an open letter to TikTok and YouTube asking the companies to join it in setting industry-wide standards for teens, including daily time limits, blocking access to apps at night, and restricting notifications during school hours.<\/p>\n
But will these other companies follow? The Equity team doesn’t think they will.<\/p>\n
On this episode of TechCrunch’s\u00a0Equity\u00a0podcast, Rebecca Bellan, Kirsten Korosec, and Sean O’Kane dig into the Meta settlement, rising investor interest in robotics startups, and the reported Nvidia and Hugging Face deal that’s in the works. <\/p>\n
Subscribe to Equity on\u00a0YouTube,\u00a0Apple Podcasts,\u00a0Overcast,\u00a0Spotify\u00a0and wherever you get your podcasts. You\u00a0also can\u00a0follow Equity on\u00a0X\u00a0and\u00a0Threads, at @EquityPod.<\/p>\n
Chapters:
\n00:00 \u2014 Meta\u2019s $18B Teen Safety Settlement
\n03:39 \u2014 Will Meta\u2019s New Rules Actually Protect Teens?
\n08:55 \u2014 The Problem With Age Verification
\n11:11 \u2014 Robots Are Chasing Their ChatGPT Moment
\n16:22 \u2014 The Race to Build Smarter Robot Brains
\n19:34 \u2014 What Happens When Robots Work Alongside Humans?
\n21:41 \u2014 Waymo and Zoox Test Drivers Are Getting Hurt
\n23:38 \u2014 Gatik Raises $200M for Driverless Trucks
\n26:38 \u2014 Could Nvidia Buy Hugging Face for $13B?
\n29:18 \u2014 Why AI Infrastructure Is Becoming an Acquisition Target<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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