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Sicily, Madrid, France and Berlin have all left their mark on chess vocabulary. The Sicilian Defence dates back to Giulio Cesare Polerio, while Ruy López gave the Spanish Opening one of its first systematic analyses. The French Defence emerged from a 1834 correspondence match between Paris and London. Berlin Defence, meanwhile, was revived by Vladimir…

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Prominent figures in the US AI sector are advocating for startups to focus on serving the US government. This initiative arises amidst reports that Chinese companies are obtaining training data from American tech firms. Alarmingly, some US vendors cater to both government contracts and Chinese AI research labs, sparking national security concerns and jeopardizing US…