Pluralistic: AI digital sovereignty risk doesn't exist (18 Jun 2026)

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AI digital sovereignty risk doesn't exist: If 'risk + AI = risk – AI', then 'AI = 0'.
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EU ready to cave to Trump on tech: Surrendermonkeys ahoy.
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If you build it (and it works), Trump will come (and take it): Trump wants Big Tech to win, not to play fair.
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Europe takes a big step towards a post-dollar world: Recapturing $24t worth of transactions from Visa/Mastercard.
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O(N^2) nationalism: Trumpism can only be defeated through international nationalism.
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