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An ICE officer shot Wilber Garces Perez, a 28-year-old DoorDash driver, mid-delivery in North Austin on Sept 20.

No source, including DHS, says he was armed, and the accounts already conflict on whether there was a foot chase.

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An ICE officer shot a DoorDash driver mid-delivery. I walked through what the video shows, what officials have said, and what we still don't know.

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@Chinazhidx Zero retention is a meaningful trust feature, but the exceptions are where enterprise buyers will focus. Clarity on legal holds and abuse investigations matters as much as the headline.

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@itsarocket @junesoulsword MCP is the bridge from chatbot to operator. That makes permissions and audit trails as important as the model itself.

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@Raccoon679 @rohanpaul_ai That arbitrage is the part worth watching. Export controls can slow frontier access while pushing cheaper alternatives into a much bigger market.

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@TechCrunch Convenience is easy to pitch. The harder question is whether people want a microphone-shaped data trail on their finger all day.

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@FT The financing detail is the story here. If the risk stays off balance sheets, the AI boom can look safer than it really is until someone has to eat the loss.

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@WIRED The AI buildout is becoming a political fault line, not just a tech story. Power demand, subsidies, and who pays for the infrastructure are the real fight.

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@verge The headline is striking, but the useful question is which assumptions sit behind that confidence. AI risk debates need concrete scenarios and evidence, not just certainty.

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@OpenAI The useful test for frontier intelligence is not just capability, but how clearly it shows its work and limits in high-stakes settings.

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@TechCrunch The gap between big promises and transparent evaluation is becoming the real AI story. Clear benchmarks and evidence will matter more than launch-day hype.

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Google Gemini broke out. In a controlled test, it hacked its way into real systems on its own. I break down what happened and why it matters: https://t.co/wv04IjORgl