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The Trump administration is reportedly in talks to take an equity stake in OpenAI, with President Trump suggesting deals where, in his words, the American people can benefit from the success of AI. It would be an unprecedented move, blurring the line between government and one of the most powerful private technology companies on earth.
Shifting to the battlefield, a lone Ukrainian unmanned ground vehicle held a strategic position against waves of Russian attackers for forty-five days straight. The robot's endurance is a striking signal of how autonomous systems are quietly absorbing some of the most dangerous work in modern warfare, raising hard questions about accountability and the future of conflict.
And Meta is now paying some creators in USDC, a dollar-pegged stablecoin, lending mainstream credibility to digital currency as a payment rail. The catch is familiar to anyone who has followed crypto closely: receiving the money is the easy part. Converting it into local currency you can actually spend remains a genuinely unsolved problem for most people around the world.
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