AI isn’t just in Silicon Valley—it’s in your bank, your weather app, and maybe even deciding how much you’ll pay for groceries. Meanwhile, governments are scrambling to regulate it, but tech companies are speeding ahead. Also, AI is devouring electricity at an absurd rate, and the world’s biggest firms are scrambling to keep the lights on. Is AI the future, or just a really expensive power drain?

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