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An agent writes the code now, and a human thumb hovers over Accept all a hundred times a day. The honest question of this decade is what, exactly, you just accepted. So I read the diff.

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China Blocks SoftBank’s $5.4 Billion ABB Robot Unit Takeover

11.05

China has blocked the sale of ABB Ltd.’s robotics unit to SoftBank Group Corp., dealing a blow to the Japanese investment firm’s plans to expand into physical AI.

Funding & deals Robotics & physical AI Japan-inspired

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