AI creeps in, KATSEYE milkshakes, and China says “Zaijian!” to US soybeans

人工智能悄然渗透,KATSEYE奶昔盛行,中国向美国大豆挥手告别“再见!”

The Indicator from Planet Money

2025-08-29

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It’s … Indicators of the Week! Our weekly look at some of the most fascinating economic numbers from the news. On today’s episode: AI shuts out youth from the grind, China leaves U.S. soybeans behind, Gap has the then-and-now in marketing mind. Related episodes: AI creates, transforms and destroys... jobs What do farmers do in a trade war? For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org. Fact-checking by Sierra Juarez and Julia Ritchey. Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.   Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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  • NPR. This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

  • I'm Darian Woods here with Waylon Wong.

  • It's Friday, Darian.

  • We made it.

  • And gee willikers, it's Jeff Gore of Planet Money joining us today.

  • Guys, I'm so excited to be back.

  • It's Indicators of the Week.

  • You came at just the right time.

  • We're going to dig into the most interesting numbers from the economic headlines this week.

  • We have AI shutting out the youths from opportunities.

  • China is super over American soybeans.

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  • It's all after the break.

  • It's Indicators of the Week.

  • Darian Woods, you are up first.

  • My indicator comes from this bombshell analysis of how young workers are getting shut out of jobs because of AI.

  • And that indicator is minus 13%.

  • For young people in highly AI-exposed companies,