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    May 11
    Last fall, Rest of World senior reporter @violazhouyi moved into Mark Zuckerberg’s old house.
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    As the U.S. races to bypass China, the global hunger for critical minerals is financing warlords and poisoning Myanmar’s borderlands
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    The hidden cost of Myanmar’s rare earth mines
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    One of the clearest lessons of 2024’s “year of elections” was that the impact of deepfakes was significantly overstated. More important is what happens when AI is embedded in the systems that administer elections themselves
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    Why we should all be worried about AI in elections
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    10h
    While consumers flock to ChatGPT and Claude, companies are increasingly turning to open models that they can customize and control, says Krikorian
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    Mozilla’s CTO thinks AI should be built like the internet
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    12h
    China’s new rules governing emotionally interactive chatbots have caused a wave of digital breakups with AI lovers
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    Beijing is forcing a mass breakup with AI lovers
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