Fortune Tech: GM’s CarPlay backtrack, crypto framework fails, AI’s four-day workweek

General Motors has changed course. After three years of saying new vehicles would not get Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, the company now says it will bring both back, starting with a new interface for its light-duty Chevrolet and GMC pickup trucks.

This is less a nostalgic nod to phone mirroring than a cleanup job. GM says the new native infotainment system is meant to make the cabin feel consistent across electric, gas, and diesel vehicles. Bigger screens, reorganized information, and more one-tap controls are part of the pitch. The point, as GM puts it, is to make things simpler and reduce the maze of menus that drivers have complained about for years.

There’s also a pragmatic twist here. Apple and Google’s systems won’t just replace GM’s software; they can sit alongside it, including in split-screen setups that keep trailering and other vehicle-specific features visible. GM didn’t say whether the earlier decision cost it customers, but the reaction was loud enough that the company clearly felt the need to reset.

Elsewhere in Washington, the crypto industry got a much less welcome answer. The Senate voted to block the Clarity Act, a bill meant to create a broader market framework and split oversight between the SEC and the CFTC. Democrats focused on ethics concerns, including the possibility that public officials could profit from crypto ventures, and the revised version still fell short by 10 votes.

And then there’s the labor angle, where Bernie Sanders is trying to turn AI anxiety into shorter hours. His reintroduced Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act would phase the standard week down from 40 hours to 32 over four years, with overtime kicking in after eight hours in a day and double pay after 12. In a year when companies keep talking about doing more with fewer people, that’s a neat way to force the argument into the open.