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Two data-center votes, two meanings of “Yes”

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Separate decisions. An agreement in one lane does not settle the others.

Unofficial returns in Boulder City and Wiscasset favored restrictions through opposite ballot wording. A separate OpenAI power pledge concerns a different stage of development.

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November 2026

  • Two data-center votes, two meanings of “Yes”

    Unofficial returns in Boulder City and Wiscasset favored restrictions through opposite ballot wording. A separate OpenAI power pledge concerns a different stage of development.

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    Published

October 2026

  • Weekly briefing

    AI publishers gain more choices—and advertisers need tighter control

    The most consequential change this week concerns who can use a business’s content, and for what purpose.

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  • Weekly briefing

    Small-business AI gets more connected; publishing choices remain deliberate

    Google’s new small-business tools point toward AI working with a company’s existing materials and applications.

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