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Another tech exec joked that AI researchers have started smoking cigarettes because they are so confident AI will cure lung cancer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026
His race was called before primetime coverage started on broadcast television.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
"I started crying, grabbed my cat bag from the garage and said, 'let's go get my cat back,'" she said.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
“What started as a feature is now the full search experience,” Huffman said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
But when things I said would happen actually happened, she started to come around.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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