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Blink and you’d miss it — gas prices cooled earlier this summer as the Iran war reached a ceasefire, but the national average is back up to $4 a gallon, according to AAA. In this episode, will U.S.-Iran negotiations drive fuel prices even higher? Plus: Starter home supply eases in some parts of the country, regional bank earnings reveal what’s going on in the consumer economy, and Kai discusses changes to the Fed under Chair Kevin Warsh.

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Gas prices hit $4 a gallon again
Regional bank earnings will tell us a lot about the health of the economy
All engines go as U.S. shipping speeds up
Starter home supply is starting to pick up, particularly in the South
For this Texas park worker, home is about the location — not the house

The use of AI in the workplace can be a polarizing topic. How inevitable will AI be in our jobs, and what sorts of conversations should corporate leaders be ready to broach? "Marketplace Morning Report" host Kimberly Adams recently dug into that and more with Linda Hill, a Harvard Business School professor, at the Aspen Institute's Business and Society Summit. But first, leading economic indicators aren't as leading as they used to be.

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How to approach the AI revolution

We're more than a week into renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran after the ceasefire collapsed. The escalation is starting to show up at the gas pump, sending prices up to more than $4 a gallon, according to AAA. That’s 13 cents a gallon more than we were paying last week. The average price a year ago? Was $3.14 a gallon. Also: an Nvidia stock sell-off and changing conversations around AI.

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Why Nvidia briefly lost its crown as the world's most valuable company
How to approach the AI revolution

As top AI firms race to develop a “superintelligent” agent — one that surpasses human cognition — are they prioritizing safety guardrails along the way?

Not according to the Future of Life Institute’s AI Safety Index, which reported that companies have gone back on their own promises to take a pause if their technology ever got close to certain risky points.

Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino spoke with Sabina Nong, AI safety investigator at the Future of Life Institute, about what measures might ensure durable safety around AI moving forward.

The short answer is no, the Chevron-Iraq deal won’t solve the problem. So why did the U.S.-based energy company sign a vague, preliminary deal to negotiate a pipeline that circumvents the Strait of Hormuz? It’s another sign that energy firms expect the war with Iran to drag on. Also in this episode: Talent managers represent more social media influencers as sponsored content spending grows, a food critic delivers the history of iconic Las Vegas buffets, and the U.S. experiences a fun shortage.

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Read the stories in today’s episode:

Inflation is softening. Can it last with war and tariffs?
Chevron seeks new route to transport oil from Iraq
The professionals behind that sponcon on your feed
The economics behind America’s fun shortage
The Las Vegas buffet, from 1946 to today