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Jan 2025
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Trump announces multi-billion dollar AI ...

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President Trump has announced a multi-billion dollar programme for artificial intelligence infrastructure. Also: arrests for Turkish fire which killed at least 76 people, and the new robotic glove teaching piano playing.

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