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  "summary": "AI oversight led the news, with a US proposal for safety notifications in talks with China, debate over Trump's proposed ‘AI Force’, and reporting on the difficulty of building a reliable AI kill switch. Coverage of Gemini's computer intrusions and calls for safety legislation added concrete concerns to that discussion.\n\nUnity released AI plugins for Codex and Claude Code. Practical videos covered building applications with Codex, ChatGPT Work, Perplexity connectors and Cursor, alongside an explanation of AI in weather prediction.",
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