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President Trump is making a bold case for artificial intelligence, calling it potentially bigger than the internet itself. He's defending a light-touch regulatory approach and pushing hard for new data centers and power plants, arguing the United States holds a commanding lead over China in the race to define this technology's future.
Shifting to the streaming wars, YouTube is reportedly offering creators millions of dollars in exclusive deals designed to keep them off Netflix. It's a significant escalation in the battle for talent, signaling that the real competition isn't just for viewers anymore — it's for the people who make the content those viewers actually watch.
And in the world of autonomous vehicles, Waymo has fully rolled out its driverless Ojai vans across San Francisco, Phoenix, and Los Angeles, opening the service to all riders. No more waitlists, no more pilots — just a van that shows up with nobody behind the wheel, quietly marking another milestone in how cities might actually move people around.
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