Reviewing the Latest in Tech: Amazon, Deepfakes, and the Creator Economy

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This week on the show, the United Kingdom is taking action against creators of sexually explicit deepfakes. We will explore the implications of this crackdown on victims. Additionally, the creator economy has gained significant traction among subscribers and venture capitalists. Content creators like Dude Perfect on YouTube and other startups are attracting substantial investment.

We will also discuss Amazon and its Just Walk Out technology, which enables shoppers to leave the store with their purchases without going through a checkout process. Although Amazon states that there is a growing interest in this technology among retailers outside the company, there are reports of Amazon scaling back the use of Just Walk Out in its own brick-and-mortar stores.

Marketplace’s Lily Jamali speaks with Natasha Mascarenhas, a reporter at The Information, to analyze these developments.

For more information on these topics, you can read articles from Reuters, The Information, The Guardian, and TechCrunch. Topics include Amazon’s expansion of cashierless technology, the regulation of sexually explicit deepfakes in the UK, the surge in funding for content creators in the US, and insights from venture capitalists on the creator economy’s potential.