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  "id": 19469267,
  "title": "VR pioneer Jaron Lanier says Silicon Valley is sabotaging itself by poorly pitching AI and treating areas designated for data centers as sacrifice zones (Jaron Lanier/New York Times)",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/11/vr-pioneer-jaron-lanier-says-silicon-valley-is-sabotaging-itself-by",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-11-11T07:50:21.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/09/opinion/ai-anthropic-doom-conscious.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PlE.e7Fx.YuauO1QXRsR3"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Silicon Valley has a special talent for offering amazing products and then screwing them up with ridiculous ideas about how those products should be used.",
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        "published": "2026-11-06T18:19:53.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/pakistani-ai-startup-rlabs-wins-silicon-valley-award-who-is-nust",
        "published": "2026-11-08T02:27:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Rest of World",
        "title": "Chinese AI firms want to hire Silicon Valley’s top minds. Poaching them won’t be easy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/chinese-ai-firms-want-to-hire-silicon-valleys-top-minds-poaching-them",
        "published": "2026-11-10T11:04:46.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}