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Mind-reading AI, Meta's cleanup and digital freedom

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August 22, 2025

AI can read your thoughts, Meta deletes 10M accounts, ChatGPT chats leak to Google, and Germany questions its digital independence. Are we ready for the consequences of tech's growing power?

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