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This week, the pope took aim at AI, a fancy carmaker dipped a toe in the EV market and a first lady made a surprising comment.

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This week, the pope took a stand on artificial intelligence in an encyclical Google Gemini called "historic and highly ambitious" and an "aggressive, uncompromising critique." Thanks, Gemini! Enjoy the quiz, y'all.

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