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Rivian robotics division hires Apple exec; Russian bot farms persist despite drone strikes

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Rivian's robotics division, Mind Robotics, has appointed Doug Field, formerly of Apple, as its new president. Meanwhile, Russian bot farms continue their disinformation campaigns despite Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russian data centers, which President Zelenskyy claims have hampered these efforts. AI

IMPACT This cluster covers a corporate hiring and ongoing geopolitical disinformation efforts, with minimal direct impact on AI operations.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains two unrelated news items: a hiring announcement for a corporate division and a report on ongoing disinformation campaigns.

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Rivian robotics division hires Apple exec; Russian bot farms persist despite drone strikes

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics announced the appointment of Doug Field as president in a major coup for

    Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics hires Doug Field as president Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics announced the appointment of Doug Field as president in a major coup for the EV company's secretive robotics startup. Field was a VP of special projects at Apple, where he was the de facto h… …

    LINKS theverge.com/…/rivian-mind-robotics-hires…
  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers,

    Russian bot farms are still trolling, even after Ukraine’s drone strikes on Yandex Days after Ukrainian military drones took down several Russian data centers, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the campaign had hurt Russia's disinformation efforts. "It suddenly became a …

    LINKS theverge.com/…/yandex-drone-strike-outage…

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