This week, The Vergecast grappled with competing visions of the future: a practical one where sustainable phone makers struggle to find their footing in America, and a more speculative one where AI companies and researchers can't even agree on what they're building toward. Between those poles sat more immediate concerns about data centers, Apple's smart home ambitions, and what "AGI" actually means when everyone has a different definition.
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