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• Maddy Varner
Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran
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‘Uncanny Valley’: Iran War in the AI Era, Prediction Market Ethics, and Paramount Beats Netflix
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WIRED
• Maxwell Zeff
OpenAI Had Banned Military Use. The Pentagon Tested Its Models Through Microsoft Anyway
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• Zeyi Yang
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