<ul> 
<li>Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act</li> 
<li>Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials</li> 
<li>Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass</li> 
<li>Reflecting on 18 years at Google</li> 
<li>Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running</li> 
<li>AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips</li> 
<li>Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies</li> 
<li>Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?</li> 
<li>Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds</li> 
<li>Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end?</li> 
<li>A new low in manels</li> 
<li>Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers</li> 
<li>OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern</li> 
<li>Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers</li> 
<li>Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O</li> 
<li>Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence</li> 
<li>Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral</li> 
<li>Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool</li> 
<li>Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account</li> 
<li>Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites</li> 
<li>Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files</li></ul> 
Picks of the week<ul> 
<li>(Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run</li> 
<li>(Paris) Pentiment</li> 
<li>(Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine</li> 
<li>(Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine</li> 
<li>(Ant) City Nerd on YouTube</li> 
<li>(Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar</li></ul> 
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<description>
&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Federal government reaches deal with Google on Online News Act&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google DeepMind researchers use AI tool to find 2mn new materials&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Some Pixel 8 Pro displays have bumps under the glass&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Reflecting on 18 years at Google&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google's new geothermal energy project is up and running&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;AWS Unveils Next Generation AWS-Designed Chips&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Amazon Introduces Q, an A.I. Chatbot for Companies&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Does Black Friday and Cyber Monday Matter?&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Adobe's $20 Billion Purchase of Figma Would Harm Innovation, U.K. Regulator Provisionally Finds&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Elon goes full Pizzagate. How does this end?&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;A new low in manels&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;OpenAI Made an AI Breakthrough Before Altman Firing, Stoking Excitement and Concern&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Hugging Face CEO on What Comes After Transformers&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Hinton vs LeCun vs Ng vs Tegmark vs O&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Anthony Levandowski Reboots Church of Artificial Intelligence&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Unauthorized "David Attenborough" AI clone narrates developer's life, goes viral&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Slides getting built-in presentation recording tool&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Will Start Deleting Old Accounts This Week. Here's How to Save Your Google Account&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google's .meme domain is here to serve your wackiest websites&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Some Google Drive for Desktop users are missing months of files&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Picks of the week&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;(Paris) The 2000 cinematic masterpiece Chicken Run&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;(Paris) Pentiment&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;(Jeff) Jezebel to Be Resurrected by Paste Magazine&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;(Jeff) After 151 years, Popular Science will no longer offer a magazine&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;(Ant) City Nerd on YouTube&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;(Jason) No Ads in Albania, Ethiopia and Myanmar&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/jason-howell"&gt;Jason Howell&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis"&gt;Jeff Jarvis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau"&gt;Paris Martineau&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt"&gt;Ant Pruitt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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Google Online News Act, DeepMind AI

This Week in Google 744: Giant Red Ties

<ul> 
<li>Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update</li> 
<li>Veracrypt password security</li> 
<li>Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features</li> 
<li>Do-Not-Track is back on track</li> 
<li>"ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ?</li> 
<li>CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability</li> 
<li>Bypassing fingerprint authentication</li> 
<li>ApacheMQ</li> 
<li>TransUnion &amp; Experian both hacked</li></ul> 
Show Notes - <a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf">https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf</a> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson">Steve Gibson</a> and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt">Ant Pruitt</a> 
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<description>
&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Adobe Flash Player Updater is (still) desperately trying to update&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Veracrypt password security&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Firefox moves to 120 with a bunch of very nice new features&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Do-Not-Track is back on track&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;"ownCloud" -or- "PwnCloud" ?&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;CrushFTP Critical Vulnerability&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Bypassing fingerprint authentication&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;ApacheMQ&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;TransUnion &amp;amp; Experian both hacked&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Show Notes - &lt;a href="https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf"&gt;https://www.grc.com/sn/SN-950-Notes.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/steve-gibson"&gt;Steve Gibson&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt"&gt;Ant Pruitt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Download or subscribe to this show at &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/shows/security-now"&gt;https://twit.tv/shows/security-now&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;p&gt;For 16kbps versions, transcripts, and notes (including fixes), visit Steve's site: &lt;a href="https://www.grc.com/securitynow.htm" target="_blank"&gt;grc.com&lt;/a&gt;, also the home of the best disk maintenance and recovery utility ever written &lt;a href="https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Spinrite 6&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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</description>

Fingerprint Security, Do-Not-Track

Security Now 950: Leo Turns 67

<ul> 
<li>From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week</li> 
<li>OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson</li> 
<li>Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."</li> 
<li>Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster</li> 
<li>Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes'</li> 
<li>Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI</li> 
<li>DeepMind releases new music model</li> 
<li>Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music</li> 
<li>Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI</li> 
<li>Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand</li> 
<li>Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024</li> 
<li>Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins</li> 
<li>Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone</li> 
<li>Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window</li> 
<li>Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta</li> 
<li>Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!</li> 
<li>What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means</li> 
<li>MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute</li> 
<li>Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting</li></ul> 
Picks:<ul> 
<li>Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars</li> 
<li>Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl</li> 
<li>Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study</li> 
<li>Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15</li> 
<li>Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD</li> 
<li>Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful</li></ul> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis">Jeff Jarvis</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau">Paris Martineau</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt">Ant Pruitt</a> 
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<description>
&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;From King to Exile to King Again: The Inside Story of Sam Altman's Whiplash Week&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;OpenAI's Misalignment and Microsoft's Gain – Stratechery by Ben Thompson&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Ilya Sutskever on X: "I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company."&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Altman Argued With OpenAI Board Member Toner Before Ouster&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Microsoft exits OpenAI drama with 'one of best possible outcomes'&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Dear Elon Musk, here are five things you might want to consider about AGI&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;DeepMind releases new music model&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google is embedding inaudible watermarks right into its AI generated music&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Introducing Stable Video Diffusion — Stability AI&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Meet can now detect when you physically raise your hand&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Maps' new look may frustrate Calif. drivers as Thanksgiving travel begins&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google will work with Apple on implementing RCS on iPhone&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Anthropic Introduces Claude 2.1 With 200K Context Window&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Sarah Silverman Hits Stumbling Block in AI Lawsuit Against Meta&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn't Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It!&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;What Spotify's New Royalty Model Really Means&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;MC HAMMER on X: "Salute and congratulations to the 710 plus @OpenAI team members who gave an unparalleled demonstration of loyalty, love and commitment to @sama and @gdb in these perilous times it was a thing of beauty to witness. Salute&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Parents Sue Gaming Companies Over 'Video Game Addiction', Because That's Easier Than Parenting&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Picks:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Paris - a beautiful 2 minutes in live caller history. Stephen A. Smith vs a guy who tries to ask about Cars&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Paris - And.... from the mind that brought you basement eel guy: TikTok tunnel girl&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Jeff - No evidence screen time is negative for children's cognitive development and well-being: Oxford Study&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Ant - Great Review From Mr Sargent and Mr Nielsen - Shot on iPhone 15&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Ant - LumaFusion Update Includes Editing on SSD&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Ant - Bittersweet and Grateful&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte"&gt;Leo Laporte&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis"&gt;Jeff Jarvis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau"&gt;Paris Martineau&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt"&gt;Ant Pruitt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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OpenAI deep dive, Musk's Media Matters lawsuit, Stable Video Diffusion

This Week in Google 743: Competitive Pantomime

<ul> 
<li>OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.</li> 
<li>Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.</li> 
<li>GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.</li> 
<li>The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.</li> 
<li>AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.</li> 
<li>Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.</li> 
<li>Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.</li> 
<li>Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.</li> 
<li>Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.</li> 
<li>TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.</li> 
<li>Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.</li> 
<li>YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.</li> 
<li>Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.</li> 
<li>Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.</li> 
<li>Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.</li> 
<li>Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.</li> 
<li>Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It</li></ul> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis">Jeff Jarvis</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau">Paris Martineau</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt">Ant Pruitt</a> 
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<description>
&lt;ul&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;OpenAI debuts GPTs allowing companies to further optimize GPT-4 for specific domains.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Article 45, an EU regulation, will roll back web security by 12 years by banning website fingerprinting used for fraud detection.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;GM halts production on its Cruise driverless van over safety concerns after recent crashes.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;The SAG strike continues as negotiations with AMPTP stall. AMPTP proposed using AI to replace actors.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;AI academics voice concerns about AI CEOs like Sam Altman having too much unilateral control over powerful technologies like GPT-4.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Meta allegedly tried to buy the domain name threads.com from a company called Threads and kicked them off Facebook when they refused to sell.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google petitions regulators to force Apple to open up iMessage to improve Android interoperability and reduce lock-in.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Mark Zuckerberg leans into WhatsApp's strengths like groups, communities, and encryption to differentiate it from iMessage and Signal.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Attendees at a Bored Ape NFT event suffer "severe eye burns" after lazers engraved NFT images directly onto their retinas.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;TikTok announces it is shutting down its $2 billion creator fund amidst advertiser pullback and recession worries.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Camps teaching kids how to become YouTube and social media stars are proliferating.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;YouTube is testing new generative AI features like video captioning, a comments summarizer, and conversational assistance to enhance the platform.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Keep will replace the functionality of Assistant Notes and the Assistant Shopping List as Google consolidates its services.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Waze adds a new feature to warn drivers about accident-prone roads and intersections to improve safety.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Chrome can now display how much memory each open tab is using, helping diagnose slowdowns.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google brings its conversational AI-powered Search to over 120 more countries and territories, expanding access globally.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Picks: GifCities, Vintage Byte Magazine Library, YouTube's ad blocking crackdown faces privacy laws, TriCounty For Foster Kids, Ya EARNED It&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
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This Week in Google 741: The Whole Muffin

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<li>DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident</li> 
<li>Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB</li> 
<li>Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop</li> 
<li>Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking</li> 
<li>The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2</li> 
<li>Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction</li> 
<li>Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact</li> 
<li>AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks</li> 
<li>Google Chrome's dominance</li> 
<li>Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright</li> 
<li>Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns</li> 
<li>Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review</li></ul> 
Hosts: <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis">Jeff Jarvis</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau">Paris Martineau</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt">Ant Pruitt</a> 
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&lt;li&gt;DMV suspends Cruise's robo-taxi permit in San Francisco after pedestrian accident&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Debate over regulating approval process for autonomous vehicles between NHTSA and NTSB&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Analysis of Google's disappointing Q3 financial results and advertising revenue drop&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Impact of dating apps like Tinder on relationships and matchmaking&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;The demise of Twitter rival Pebble aka T2&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Online interactions and social media - federation, verification, addiction&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Lawsuits and moral panic surrounding Meta and Instagram's impact&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;AI wearable technology like Humane AI pin's features and risks&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Google Chrome's dominance&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Ethics of AI - risks of automation, data poisoning, copyright&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Role of AI in society, regulating development, technology concerns&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;li&gt;Picks include - corn mazes, Dimension 20, Jezebel up for sale, Pixel 8 Pro camera review&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosts:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte"&gt;Leo Laporte&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/jeff-jarvis"&gt;Jeff Jarvis&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/paris-martineau"&gt;Paris Martineau&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://twit.tv/people/ant-pruitt"&gt;Ant Pruitt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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Cruise ousted in CA, online dating, Humane AI Pin, Dimension 20

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