There's a provision tucked into the Big Beautiful Bill, among the tax cuts and Medicaid cuts, that would bar states from passing laws to regulate artificial intelligence for a decade. Plus, Meta is reshuffling its AI team again in an apparent attempt to catch up to the competition.

But first, this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a law requiring age verification for Apple and Google app stores. It also requires parental consent for app downloads and in-app purchases by minors. But it raises some legal questions.

Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino is joined by Maria Curi, tech policy reporter at Axios, to discuss all this.

More on everything we talked about

“Texas governor signs law to enforce age verification on Apple, Google app stores” from Reuters

“Texas Adopts Online Child-Safety Bill Opposed by Apple’s CEO” from Bloomberg

“State AI bills caught in reconciliation drama” from Axios

“Exclusive: Meta shuffles AI team to compete with OpenAI and Google” from Axios

“Meta reportedly splits its AI team to build products faster” from TechCrunch