Emily Chang’s Tech Briefing

There's a disturbing trend hitting the tech space, and it's growing. Apps and websites that use artificial intelligence to "undress" women are soaring in popularity, and it's boosting worries over the production of non-consensual erotic or pornographic material.

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke to Bloomberg cyber reporter Margi Murphy.

It turns out those fast food chains testing out artificial intelligence to take orders, might not be as intelligent as we thought.

For more, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan was joined by Bloomberg's Daniela Sirtori-Cortina.

A Mountain View-based startup is testing out technology that lets a pilot fly a plane without being on board. In today's Tech and Business Report, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke to Bloomberg's Thomas Black about this recent test flight and what Reliable Robotics is hoping to achieve.

Several pharmaceutical companies are testing out whether manufacturing drugs in outer space can lead to new and improved products. For more on this, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke to Bloomberg's Robert Langreth about how creating drugs in space is different in today's Tech and Business Report.

Those of us of a certain age may remember getting the Sears catalog in the mail this time of year. While those days are long gone, Amazon is reviving the tradition this year, with a new toy catalog.

For more, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg reporter Mark Millian.

In efforts to reduce reliance on China, the Biden Administration announced a highly anticipated set of rules designed to restrict electric vehicle manufacturers from sourcing battery materials from China and other foreign adversaries. This will impact which cars qualify for tax credits. Automakers have until January 1 to comply with the rules.

For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Joe Deaux in today's Tech and Business Report.

A Silicon Valley-based startup has unveiled the first wearable, screenless device designed to allow users to verbally interact with artificial intelligence. But interested customers will have to learn a set of gestures to actually interact with Humane Inc.'s $700 dollar AI pin. KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke to Bloomberg's Austin Carr for more details in today's Tech and Business Report.

If you've been considering buying an electric car, this may be the best time to look around. Bloomberg has been looking into the supply and prices of EVs.

Today, KCBS Radio's Holly Quan spoke with Bloomberg's Kyle Stock.

Nearly all of the employees at San Francisco based Open AI are threatening to quit there jobs, following the firing of company CEO Sam Altman by the Board of Directors last Friday. Re-hiring Altman may be difficult though, as he's already taken a job with Microsoft, which is one of the company's biggest investors.

Amazon is cutting hundreds of jobs in its Alexa division. For more on what's behind this decision, KCBS Radio news anchor Pat Thurston spoke with Bloomberg's Matt Day in today's Tech and Business Report.