AI's Wild Week: From Google Fines to Taco Bell Trolls and a Wizard of Oz Makeover.

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⚡ Tech News

• Google to Face Modest EU Antitrust Fine - Reuters.com
• There’s Magic in Reliving ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Sphere, but the AI Technology Saps Dorothy and Friends of Their Humanity - Variety
• Taco Bell to slow its roll out of AI-powered drive thrus after glitches and trolls: ‘18,000 cups of water please’ - The Independent
• Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters - BBC
• Google's Pixel 10 Locks Away RAM For AI, But There Seems To Be An Easy Fix - BGR
• Zuckerberg’s AI hires disrupt Meta with swift exits and threats to leave - Financial Times
• Meta Created Flirty Chatbots of Taylor Swift and Other Celebrities Without Permission - Reuters.com
• Exclusive | Alibaba Creates AI Chip to Help China Fill Nvidia Void - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal
• Google's Pixel 10 sets AI bar for smartphones - Axios
• AI is ummasking ICE officers. Can Washington do anything about it? - Politico
• Alibaba Is Firing Back as the US-China AI War Heats Up - Investopedia
• The Evidence That AI Is Destroying - Derekthompson.org
• 'AI shame' is running rampant in the corporate sector—and C-suite leaders are most worried about getting caught, survey says - Fortune
• Learn what makes Pixel 10’s camera tech and AI features so special. - The Keyword
• Cracks are forming in Meta’s partnership with Scale AI - TechCrunch
• New Xcode Beta Now Available With GPT-5 and Claude Support - 9to5mac.com
• Alibaba is developing a new AI chip — here's what we know so far - CNBC
• AI Has Broken High School and College - The Atlantic
• AI-enhanced, immersive 'Wizard of Oz' debuts in Las Vegas - Reuters
• Whatsapp Fixes Zero-Click Bug Used to Hack Apple Users - Techcrunch.com
• Taco Bell's Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well - Futurism
• ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Is Getting an A.I. Glow-Up. Cue the Pitchforks. - The New York Times
• Beware the AI Experimentation Trap - Harvard Business Review
• 'AI may eat software,' but several tech names just wrapped a huge week - CNBC
• Meta's AI Leaders Discuss Using Google and OpenAI Models in Apps - Theinformation.com

📈 Market News

• Stock Market News From Aug. 29, 2025: Dow Closes Out a Strong August With a Stumble - Barron's
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