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      <description>GPT-6 turns ChatGPT into a tool shop, TSMC's record September, Manus raises $500M after Meta talks fall apart, AI agents move into mortgage underwriting, Finland halts Google data centers, and the Senate blocks the data-center grid-cost shift. With June and Theo.</description>
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      <itunes:subtitle>GPT-6 turns ChatGPT into a tool shop, TSMC's record September, Manus raises $500M after Meta talks fall apart, AI agents move into mortgage underwriting, Finland halts Google data centers, and the Senate blocks the data-center grid-cost shift. With June a</itunes:subtitle>
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