The Trump administration has agreed to share the data of millions of Medicaid enrollees with Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials in an effort to locate immigrants who may be undocumented in the U.S. We discuss the implications of this agreement. And, we explain a White House executive order in the works than plans to target AI models seen as too “woke.” We get into how that aligns with the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Plus, we’ll play a round of Half Full/Half Empty!

Here’s everything we talked about today:

• “Trump administration hands over Medicaid recipients’ personal data, including addresses, to ICE” from The Associated Press
• “White House Prepares Executive Order Targeting ‘Woke AI’” from The Wall Street Journal
• “A UK-based company hopes to use “robot dogs” to address labor shortages in health care” from Marketplace
• “Social media algorithms create “algospeak,” a kind of internet slang” from Marketplace
• “Roblox will scan users’ video selfies to assess their ages” from WIRED
• “TSA to add a lane for families with children and members of the military” from Fast Company

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