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writing sources.news, co-hosting the Access podcast
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You’d think a recap of a lawsuit’s public filings would be boring but no, this is incredibly revealing Getting ready to file my Helen Toner Apology Form
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I read thousands of pages in Musk v Altman so you don't have to The case is going to jury trial in April, and based on the evidence that has been unsealed so far, it's going to be a wild one
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20+ revelations from Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI
Musk v Altman is headed to trial. I read thousands of pages of unsealed evidence in the case. Here are the highlights.
https://sources.news/p/20-revelations-from-elon-musks-lawsuit
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Alex Heath went indie
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“I deeply regret not paying more attention to AI as a field before the release of ChatGPT. Like everyone, I’m certainly paying attention now!” More Truths and Advice from Sources Founder reporter Alex...
I got to know Alex Heath during an earlier incarnation – maybe his Business Insider days? But always knew his entrepreneurial streak would lead him to do his own thing at some point, and now …
https://hunterwalk.com/2026/01/15/i-deeply-regret-not-paying-more-attention-to-ai-as-a-field-before-the-release-of-chatgpt-like-everyone-im-certainly-paying-attention-now-more-truths-and-advice-from-sources-founder-rep/
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As I first reported earlier today, more Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join the 3 founding members who just rejoined OpenAI Sources say TM lacks a clear product/business strategy and has been struggling to raise a new round of financing
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Thinking Machines is nothing without its people
More Thinking Machines employees are in talks to join OpenAI. Also: Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe on ACCESS and the Sources Live @ Davos lineup.
https://sources.news/p/thinking-machines-is-nothing-without
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Sources: Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT Today's model partnership is just the beginning, as Google hopes it's the first step to getting a deeper, product-facing integration like OpenAI enjoys on Apple devices More in today's newsletter:
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Google wants Gemini in iOS like ChatGPT
Today's model partnership with Apple is just the begging. Also: a new ACCESS ep, Claude Cowork, and a bunch of Meta news.
https://sources.news/p/google-wants-gemini-in-ios-like-chatgpt
6 days ago
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- Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you may think - Weird scenes from the CES show floor - What folks here are saying about the weird Nvidia keynote yesterday
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Lenovo’s AI strategy matters more than you think
My chat with the PC giant's head of AI product. Also: My quick jaunt through the CES show floor.
https://sources.news/p/lenovos-ai-strategy-matters-more
12 days ago
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An update on Sources: - Now publishing 4 days a week - Raising subscription prices - First-ever Sources Live in Davos later this month
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What's next for Sources
Publishing four days a week, a live interview series, and raising subscription prices.
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-sources
13 days ago
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New details on the Nvidia/Groq deal: - The whole process took less than 2 weeks and was personally driven by Jensen Huang - No other bidders - Huang wired money early and really wanted the deal closed before the new year
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Behind Nvidia's Groq deal
Also: What Manus means for Meta, and this week's episode of ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/behind-nvidias-groq-deal
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Gergely Orosz
29 days ago
Probably the most entertaining -and unlikely!- story in tech this year: A software engineer tricking more than a dozen Y Combinator startups: acing the interview, then delivering little to no work, collecting paychecks, and swindling the next company
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an interview with the head of Threads
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What's next for Threads
Connor Hayes wants Meta's X rival to be "the place on the internet to talk about what's going on in the world." Also: Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour this week on ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/whats-next-for-threads
about 1 month ago
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Bluesky
about 1 month ago
v1.112 is live! We’re launching Find Friends, a contact import feature that helps you find people you know on Bluesky. Try it! In the mobile app, go to Settings → Find friends from contacts. Read how we took a more secure approach to this than other platforms:
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Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side.
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No one knows how the AI bubble will pop
Everyone in AI knows a bubble is forming. The fight now is over blame, exposure, and who can come out strongest on the other side.
https://sources.news/p/no-one-knows-how-the-ai-bubble-will
about 1 month ago
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Niall Firth
about 1 month ago
OK here we go! Today we launch Hype Correction, our critical look at where AI is, and how we should reset our expectations.
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https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/hype-correction/
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“Journalists are also some of the most obsessive users of the platform. If we could get them back to posting their stories, I think users will have access to the complete picture on all issues”
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X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
https://sources.news/p/x-wants-its-haters-back
about 1 month ago
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I talked to X's head of product about why the platform wants journalists to come back and what he's doing to try and make it happen
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X wants its haters back
Product chief Nikita Bier's message to journalists who left: “We have to earn their trust.”
https://sources.news/p/x-wants-its-haters-back
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I asked NeurLPS attendees for their takeaways from the world's largest gathering of AI researchers: - Google is king - Reinforcement learning is the big thing - Parties are getting over the top
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Google’s rise, RL mania, and a party boat
I asked attendees for their takeaways from this year’s NeurIPS in San Diego. Also: Sam Altman goes on a charm offense, Google teases AI glasses.
https://sourcesnews.substack.com/p/googles-rise-rl-mania-and-a-party
about 1 month ago
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Zoë Schiffer
about 1 month ago
Scoop from
@laurengoode.bsky.social
: Slack CEO Denise Dresser is leaving the company and joining OpenAI. She'll be the new chief revenue officer and report to COO Brad Lightcap:
www.wired.com/story/slack-...
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OpenAI Hires Slack CEO as New Chief Revenue Officer
A memo obtained by WIRED confirms Denise Dresser's departure from Slack. She is now headed to OpenAI.
https://www.wired.com/story/slack-ceo-denise-dresser-joins-openai-chief-revenue-officer/
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Substack is starting to test ads with a handful of writers Just connecting brands without taking a cut (for now) An about-face given how much the founders have criticized ad-driven social media, but also inevitable
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Substack is launching native sponsorships.
"During the pilot, Substack is simply facilitating payments and is not taking a cut."
https://www.readfeedme.com/p/substack-is-launching-native-sponsorships
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Talking Biz News
about 2 months ago
@alexeheath.com
spoke with Robert Smith of Highwire on striking out on his own:
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Tech journalist Heath on striking out on his own - Talking Biz News
Robert Smith of Highwire interviewed tech journalist Alex Heath, who left traditional media to start a Substack called “Sources.” Here is an excerpt: I Like To Ask Everyone Who’s Taken This Path: Why ...
https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/tech-journalist-heath-on-striking-out-on-his-own/
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei just threw shade at OpenAI and Sam Altman “There are some players who are YOLOing… Let’s say you’re a person who just kind of constitutionally wants to YOLO things or just likes big numbers, then you may turn the dial too far”
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Anthropic's AI bubble 'YOLO' warning
Dario Amodei takes indirect shots at OpenAI's ‘YOLOing’ and big, circular deals. Also: More from the DealBook Summit and Meta's big hire.
https://sources.news/p/anthropics-ai-bubble-yolo-warning
about 2 months ago
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Sources: Instagram is moving to 5 days a week back in the office, per an internal memo from Adam Mosseri today. It's the first big org within Meta to return to 5 days a week. Mosseri also pushes to have fewer meetings, more prototypes vs decks, etc.
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Instagram's return to office mandate
Read Adam Mosseri’s internal memo announcing a full return to the office five days a week, fewer meetings, and fewer decks.
https://sources.news/p/instagrams-return-to-office-mandate
about 2 months ago
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Zoë Schiffer
about 2 months ago
Scoop w/
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: OpenAI locked down its San Francisco offices today after receiving a threat from an activist previously associated with Stop AI:
www.wired.com/story/openai...
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OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist
A message on OpenAI’s internal Slack claimed the activist in question had expressed interest in “causing physical harm to OpenAI employees.”
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-office-lockdown-threat-san-francisco/
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From my Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis: "World models are the thing I’m mostly spending my research time on" "I’d love more" TPUs "You look at seed rounds with just nothing being tens of billions of dollars... It’s not quite logical to me"
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Demis Hassabis on Gemini 3, world models, and the AI bubble
Q&A with the Google DeepMind CEO on building AGI, compute bottlenecks, and the AI bubble.
https://sources.news/p/demis-hassibas-on-gemini-3-world
2 months ago
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Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity. Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit
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What insiders really think about the AI race
Buy Anthropic. Short Perplexity. Notes from this year’s Cerebral Valley Summit. Also: Robinhood's Vlad Tenev this week on ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/what-insiders-really-think-about
2 months ago
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Sources: During a recent private call, OpenAI's investors asked about external signs that ChatGPT's growth is slowing. CFO Sarah Friar said time spent was down since "content restrictions" were added in Q3, but that the trend is expected to "reverse"
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ChatGPT's quiet slump, Zuck's AI bubble warning
OpenAI’s CFO told investors that ChatGPT's engagement has softened. Also: Mark Zuckerberg's AI bubble warning to Meta employees.
https://sources.news/p/chatgpts-quiet-slump-zucks-ai-bubble
2 months ago
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recap of a big NYC week: inside the Sources launch party, shooting the Breaker Media pod, speaking at the Media Summit indie media panel, and joining the Altogether collective
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Inside the Sources launch party
Tech and media leaders gathered in Manhattan for tequila, sushi, and poker. Also: Runway CEO Cristóbal Valenzuela on this week's ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/inside-the-sources-launch-party
2 months ago
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did a very NYC tech thing last night
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Election night at Kalshi HQ
Inside Kalshi’s quiet Manhattan office on election night, co-founder Tarek Mansour showed how his fast-growing prediction market is calling races faster than the media.
https://sources.news/p/election-night-at-kalshi-hq
2 months ago
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very excited to be part of this
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New collective brings direct sales support to independent journalists
Alltogether's founding portfolio of journalist creators includes some of the biggest names in business, technology and political news.
https://www.axios.com/2025/11/04/independent-journalists-creators-alltogether-collective
2 months ago
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Sources launch party tonight is gonna be great
3 months ago
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Sources: YouTube announces opt-in layoffs and major leadership changes. “Looking to the future, the next frontier for YouTube is AI” per internal memo from CEO Neal Mohan. “We need to set ourselves up to make the most of this opportunity.”
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YouTube announces AI reorg and layoffs
Neal Mohan's internal memo about YouTube's "next frontier" and opt-in layoffs.
https://sources.news/p/youtube-announces-ai-reorg-and-layoffs
3 months ago
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Sources: Sam Altman has tapped Mikhail Shapiro, an award-winning biomolecular engineer, to join his Neuralink rival Merge Labs The hire suggests that, unlike Neuralink, Merge will take a noninvasive BCI approach that relies on gene therapy + ultrasound
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Altman taps leading researcher for BCI startup Merge Labs
The hire suggests that Merge is taking a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Also: Sources IRL and reactions to yesterday's Snap scoop.
https://sources.news/p/altman-taps-leading-researcher-for
3 months ago
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Google is getting back into AR glasses with Gemini / Android XR We had the head of Android on the pod this week, and I wanted to know what Google learned from the original Glass launch in 2013
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3 months ago
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Sources: Snap is in talks to raise at least $1 billion for AR glasses Multiple investors involved, including Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund Plan is to move Specs into a new independent subsidiary and structure similarly to Waymo/Alphabet
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Snap eyes $1 billion fundraise for AR glasses
New details on Evan Spiegel's quest to win the AR race. Also: this week on ACCESS.
https://sources.news/p/snap-eyes-1-billion-fundraise-for
3 months ago
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Today's issue of Sources: Google targets Gemini 3 for December Perplexity just hit $200 million in ARR
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Google readies Gemini 3, Perplexity hits its goal
Reporting on Google's next model release and Perplexity's business. Also: AI job moves and some links.
https://sources.news/p/google-readies-gemini-3-perplexity
3 months ago
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I spent time with AI and Hollywood folks this week, and it was clear that if nothing changes, Hollywood is going to get mostly steamrolled by technology that’s moving faster than its leaders can comprehend.
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Hollywood has no idea what to do about AI
OpenAI is moving fast while the entertainment industry wrings its hands. Also: this week on ACCESS and some links.
https://sources.news/p/hollywood-has-no-idea-what-to-do
3 months ago
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at a conference and the guy next to me seemed like he was on the phone talking to a colleague about deal flow or something, kept saying stuff like "it's hard to hear you?" he's talking to ChatGPT
3 months ago
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talked with OpenAI's Greg Brockman about Stargate, the deal with AMD, and an AI bubble
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Q&A: OpenAI's Stargate Man
"We see the fundamentals, and we were investing heavily in those." My conversation with Greg Brockman at OpenAI DevDay.
https://sources.news/p/openai-stargate-greg-brockman-amd-interview
3 months ago
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Notes from today’s big OpenAI event, including what Sam Altman and Jony Ive talked about plus a bunch of juicy tidbits from a post-keynote exec Q&A
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ChatGPT eats the world
Notes from DevDay, featuring Q&A with Sam Altman and OpenAI execs.
https://sources.news/p/chatgpt-eats-the-world
3 months ago
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wrote about using the new Sora app
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OpenAI made AI Vine
Keep reading for my chat with Daniel Ek about stepping down as CEO of Spotify and some good links.
https://sources.news/p/openai-made-ai-vine
4 months ago
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We've got the one and only
@zoink.bsky.social
on the second episode of ACCESS! We discuss: - Figma's IPO and what's next - MCP / how he's thinking about AI - The future of design Out everywhere you can get podcasts
4 months ago
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SOURCES: OpenAI is planning to bring ads to ChatGPT. Also: In a message to employees, Sam Altman says he wants 250 gigawatts of compute by 2033. He calls OpenAI's team behind Stargate a "core bet" like research / robotics. "Doing this right will cost trillions."
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OpenAI is looking for a head of ads
Fidji Simo is on the hunt for someone to oversee all monetization efforts, including bringing advertising to ChatGPT. Plus: Sam Altman's internal note to employees about Stargate.
https://sources.news/p/openai-ads-leader-sam-altman-memo-stargate
4 months ago
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Trump’s EO on H-1B visas has thrown the tech industry into chaos overnight I just published an email Google sent H-1B employees yesterday warning them to not leave the US / to return by midnight tonight
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4 months ago
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First issue of Sources is out! It’s a deep dive into the (very cool) new Meta Ray-Bans. They’ve got a display, neural band that feels like sci fi, & suggest a lot about where things are headed Feat. my interview w/t Zuck (full convo airs on the Access podcast tomorrow)
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Inside Meta’s display glasses with Zuck
I sat down with Mark Zuckerberg to try Meta’s impressive new Ray-Ban Display glasses and its neural band.
https://sources.news/p/meta-ray-ban-display-glasses-zuck
4 months ago
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I’m launching Sources, a new publication about the tech industry’s inside conversation, and Access, a tech interview podcast with my friend
@hamburger.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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Mia Sato
4 months ago
I wrote about Charlie Kirk and the viral content machine that sprang to life in the wake of his shooting — and how this time, even people running the country are partaking in the churn.
www.theverge.com/analysis/776...
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How Charlie Kirk’s death fed the content machine
Moments after the news broke, the content started
https://www.theverge.com/analysis/776497/charlie-kirk-shooting-utah-content-creators-influencers
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Silicon Valley’s most powerful alliance just got stronger
Now, the two giants are collaborating on AI.
https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/773260/google-apple-search-deal-money-ai
4 months ago
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Steve Kovach
5 months ago
And Apple stock's up 4% after hours because it can keep collecting free money from Google in the search deal.
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The Verge
5 months ago
The power shift inside OpenAI
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The power shift inside OpenAI
Sam Altman wants to focus on getting more GPUs, not running ChatGPT.
https://buff.ly/jEwI8cE
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