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Trump’s AI gamble is becoming a political liability

America's tech billionaires once promised an AI-powered economic boom, and Trump bought it.

Trump’s AI gamble is becoming a political liability

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America's tech billionaires once promised an AI-powered economic boom, and Trump bought it.

America's tech billionaires once promised an AI-powered economic boom, and Trump bought it. Now data centres are becoming a key election issue.

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America's tech billionaires once promised an AI-powered economic boom, and Trump bought it. Now data centres are becoming a key election issue.

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