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The Align Newsroom podcast

The Align Brief

The week's reporting, read back to you. A daily morning briefing from the newsroom's beat reporters — your news, the world beyond, and new voices. Hosted by June and Theo.

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Episode 1 · October 9, 2026 · 2:39

The Align Brief — Thursday, October 9, 2026

GPT-6 turns ChatGPT into a tool shop, TSMC's record September, Manus raises $500M after Meta talks fall apart, AI agents move into mortgage underwriting, Finland halts Google data centers, and the Senate blocks the data-center grid-cost shift.

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