Daybreak — Does big tech want you to 'put your brain in a jar'?

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Does big tech want you to 'put your brain in a jar'?

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Big Tech is preparing to spend $650 billion on AI infrastructure this year, a figure that rivals national economies. The focus is agentic AI, systems designed not just to generate answers but to execute tasks independently. The vision is software that can read your messages, access your calendar, contact your friends,…

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