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Google DeepMind's AI-powered robotic ta= ble tennis player is capable of competing at an amateur human level.
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This is a transcript of an interview wi= th Jonathan Kanter, the assistant attorney general for antitrust at the Uni= ted States Department of Justice, where he discusses the recent antitrust r= uling against Google, what it means for the law, and what remedies he will = seek to try to restore competition in search.
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The lack of a qualified workforce has r= esulted in significant program delays and increased costs.
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