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Trump makes it clear his power is becoming entwined with AI
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New alliances between the White House, the Pentagon, US intelligence and AI companies are looming ominously Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, writing to you as I sit under yellowing leaves in New York. Today in tech, we’re discussing technocracy.
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