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How Silicon Valley is disrupting democracy
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Google’s new Project Astra could be generative AI’s killer app
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The Download: Bluesky’s impersonators, and shaking up the economy with ChatGPT
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China banned exports of a few rare minerals to the US. Things could get messier.
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The Download: Anduril’s new AI system, and how to use Sora
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Bluesky has an impersonator problem
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The Download: satellites’ climate impact, and OpenAI’s frantic release schedule
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How to use Sora, OpenAI’s new video generating tool
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AI’s hype and antitrust problem is coming under scrutiny
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