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        <title><![CDATA[Gideon Lichfield - Freelance Writer]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Gideon Lichfield is the former editor-in-chief of Wired magazine and MIT Technology Review. He writes Futurepolis, a newsletter on the future of democracy.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Agentic AI Could Improve Everything or Cascade Into Doom]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2025-11-24/agentic-ai-could-improve-everything-or-cascade-into-doom</link>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2025 11:30:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - Visitors walk amid the &quot;Maillages Cosmique&quot;, created by French digital and virtual artist Miguel Chevalier at the &quot;Pixels&quot; exhibition, an interactive experience at the crossroads of art and artificial intelligence, at the Grand Palais Immersif in Paris on November 4, 2024. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Offshoring AI to the Middle East Could Hand China a Win]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Gulf has the resources Trump needs to expand America’s AI prowess, but there’s no guarantee the Middle East will stay loyal to his cause.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 18 May 2025 12:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MAY 16: U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Khaled bin Mohamed Al Nahyan participate in a US-UAE Business Council roundtable meeting at Qasr al-Watan, presidential palace of the United Arab Emirates, on May 16, 2025, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Trump is on the fourth and final day of his visit to the Gulf to underscore the strategic partnership between the United States and regional allies including the UAE, focusing on security and economic collaboration. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[When Will AI Be Smarter Than Humans? Don’t Ask]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The term “artificial general intelligence” is being bandied about by some of tech’s smartest people, but nobody knows what it really means. ]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 12:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Not so smart after all. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Allure of the Motorcycle Is Stalling Out]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[US bike sales never recovered after the recession. To figure out why, a new citizen put an American tradition to the test.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 14:30:25 GMT</pubDate>
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