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            <title><![CDATA[Silicon Valley’s Hottest AI Metric Is Also Its Least Trusted]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Government Requests for Social Media User Data Are Soaring]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gates Adviser Served as Conduit to Epstein, Discussed ‘Nudes,’ ‘Hot Girls’]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[‘Five Nights at Epstein’s’ Game Goes Viral at US School Campuses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexandra S. Levine]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meta Is Cutting Several Hundred Jobs Amid Record AI Spending]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kurt Wagner]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 14:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Google Maps Offers Chat Search With ‘Ask Maps’ AI Feature]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[OpenAI Releases AI Agent Security Tool for Research Preview]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pentagon Feud With Anthropic Shines Light on AI’s Role in Mass Surveillance]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Instagram Faces Creator Anger After AI Shopping Test]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The app’s Shop the Look may affect the trust influencers built with their audience]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Instacart Shares Jump as Sustained Grocery Demand Buoys Outlook]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:16:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meta Ran Thousands of TV Ads Ahead of Teen Addiction Trial]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AT&T Debuts Smartphone for Kids That Parents Can Monitor]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Bang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 08:02:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Big Tech to Spend $650 Billion This Year as AI Race Intensifies]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Day]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 01:27:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alphabet Plans Record Spending in Race to Dominate AI Market]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carmen Arroyo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 21:08:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[AI Agent Goes Rogue, Spamming OpenClaw User With 500 Messages]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Bang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Google Chrome’s AI Agent Can Now Browse Web on Behalf of Users]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Pinterest to Cut ‘Less Than 15%’ of Staff Amid AI Push]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Bang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 17:26:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Altman, Amodei Join Tech Workers Decrying Minnesota Violence]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:13:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Google Lets Users Tailor AI Search With Data From Photos, Email]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Bang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[YouTube CEO Says Battling ‘AI Slop’ a Top Priority in 2026]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Bang]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 14:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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