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Tech News Weekly 398: How 'Wellness' Became Tech's Regulatory Escape

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy joins Mikah Sargent this week on Tech News Weekly! Jennifer shares her first impressions of Alexa Plus. The growing overlap between consumer wellness gadgets and regulated medical technology. And Google's rolling out a machine-learning age verification model to detect account users who are under or over the age of 18.

  • Jennifer Pattison Tuohy has spent some time with Amazon's new, AI-powered Alexa, Alexa Plus. She shares her excitement and criticisms for the new voice assistant.
  • Victoria Song of The Verge joins Mikah to talk about wearable tech companies using the idea of "wellness" technology to skirt FDA regulation on medical technology.
  • And Mikah talks about Google's rollout of a machine-learning age verification model to verify account users' age in the U.S.

    • Hosts: Mikah Sargent and Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

    Guest: Victoria Song

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