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OpenAI Begins Testing Sponsored AI Agents That Can Talk Users Through an Advert

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‘You Don’t Fight an Election Unless You Can Win’: UEFA Searches for Infantino Challenger

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Named as Alleged ISIS Security Chief in 2018 – Granted Dutch Residency in 2019

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UK Considers New Doxxing Offence After RNLI Volunteers Targeted Over Migrant Rescues

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Houthi Blitz Delivers Saudi Arabia Its Gravest Yemen Setback in Years

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Microsoft AI Chief Warns ‘AI Welfare’ Training Could Make Systems Harder to Shut Down

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French Finance Minister Warns AI Slowdown Could Protect US Companies Already Winning

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Huawei Forecasts 900 Billion AI Agents by 2035 – About 100 for Every Person

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FBI Says It Disrupted Imminent ISIS-Inspired Mass Attack Near Pittsburgh

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Dissenting Citizen follows the stories shaping Britain and the world – and explains how they connect.

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Saudi Arabia Had a Way Around Hormuz. Then the Pipeline Was Attacked.

Dissenting Citizen17 hours ago17 hours ago05 mins

Saudi Arabia’s Hormuz bypass has been shut, Yanbu stocks are finite, and emergency reserves are already being drawn. The question is whether repairs and replacement supplies arrive in time.

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Slow AI Down. Then What?

Dissenting Citizen1 day ago1 day ago07 mins

The people building the world’s most powerful AI increasingly want more time. The harder question is what governments and laboratories intend to build with it.

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