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  • As AI permeates every aspect of our lives, who are the people behind this huge inflection point?

  • What keeps them up at night?

  • I fear that what it means to be human may suddenly not be our own.

  • We've got a special series from NPR's TED Radio Hour.

  • It's called The Profits of Technology.

  • What they got right, wrong, and where these pioneers think we're headed next.

  • Listen to the TED Radio Hour wherever you get your podcasts.

  • Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman.

  • State lawmakers in Texas begin a special session today that is set to produce a controversial new map of the state's congressional voting districts.

  • As NPR's Hansi Lawang reports,

  • Texas is one of multiple states that may end up holding next year's midterm election with new voting maps.

  • Redistricting is usually a once-a-decade process after a census.

  • But four years after the release of the results from the 2020 headcount,

  • Republican Governor Greg Abbott has called a special session of Republican-controlled legislature to redraw Texas's congressional map,

  • with the support of President Trump.

  • There are a handful of other states in the south, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana,

  • North and South Carolina, plus Utah and Wisconsin,

  • that may end up with new congressional maps soon through lawsuits.

  • And Ohio has to redistrict for its seats in the U.S.

  • House because of a state law.