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Shakir Mohamed

@shakirm.bsky.social
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AI, sociotechnical systems, social purpose. Research director at Google DeepMind. Cofounder and Chair at Deep Learning Indaba. FAccT2025 co-program chair. shakirm.com

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
“The postwar order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open, multilateral trading order. America has now attacked each pillar at the foundation of its hydrocarbon global order.” — New: @katemac.bsky.social & I www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
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Claire Vernade @claireve.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
🚨AISTATS workshop proposals open! Big News: For the first time, there will be a day of workshops at #AISTATS 2026, in Tangier, Morocco 🌴🇲🇦 Quentin Berthet @qberthet.bsky.social and I are workshop chairs. virtual.aistats.org/Conferences/... Deadline: Oct 17, AOE
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Call for Workshops
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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A flagship keynote panel at #DLI2025 delved into the critical topic of AI policy and national strategies for Africa. The panel featured insights from Jane Munga, Barbara Glover, Virginia Dignum, and Vukosi Marivate. The session also included a special message from H.E. Ms. Lerato D. Mataboge.
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Siobhan Mackenzie Hall @smhall97.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I’ll be live posting from the Centring Data in African AI workshop happening in Kigali at the #DLI2025
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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Welcome to #DLI2025! The energy is already electric at registration. We are so excited to see everyone
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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
#DLI2025 kicks off with opening remarks from the General Chairs, Bruno Ssekiwere, Pierrette Mahoro Mastel & Tejumade Afonja 🌍 They emphasised collaboration, community building & innovation in advancing Africa’s ML ecosystem, and shared why Rwanda is a fitting host this year ✨ #indaba2025 #Urunana
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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
A thought-provoking keynote at #DLI2025 by Verena Rieser! Her talk challenged the idea of a single “gold standard” for AI alignment. It was a call to action: moving beyond narrow safety metrics to embrace a pluralistic approach that accounts for our diverse, and sometimes conflicting, human values.
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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
What an incredible keynote by Max Welling! He’s challenging us to look beyond chatbots to the "fifth paradigm of scientific discovery": AI4Science. His talk explores how AI is transforming everything from predicting the weather to accelerating molecular simulations. #DLI2025 #Indaba2025
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Deep Learning Indaba @deeplearningindaba.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
We were honoured to host our Faculty Panel Session, a crucial step in ensuring faculty and academia are at the heart of the conversation. The session was a reminder that the classroom is where future innovators are shaped.
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Asia Biega @asiabiega.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
Your #FAccT2025 General Chairs @sciorestis.bsky.social, @metaxa.net, and I, reporting from the venue. We're looking forward to welcoming you to the Athens Conservatoire or online!
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
We are at #facct2025 in Athens and discussing the latest research in building safe, fair and accountable AI technologies. 🚀🚀
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Just 5 days left for the abstract submission deadline for @facct.bsky.social 😱 A slow trickle of submissions coming in and can’t wait to see the full set. good luck to everyone writing and planning to submit 🤞🏽🚀
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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
🎄 Merry Christmas! 🎄 🔔 As Advent ends, the 12 Days of Christmas🎄begin! Join me for a deeper dive into the initiatives shown in this map - from Data Science Africa to @ai.cam.ac.uk - as we explore practical responses to AI challenges. the-atomic-human.ai/reflections/...
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Science Magazine @science.org · 23/12/2024
Women leave academia at higher rates than men at every career stage, and attrition is especially high among three groups: tenured faculty, women in non-STEM fields, and women employed at less prestigious institutions, a #ScienceAdvances analysis finds.
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Gender and retention patterns among U.S. faculty
Women faculty are more likely to leave their jobs than men, most often due to workplace climate, rather than work-life balance.
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Deadline for faculty research grants up to $60k is 27 Jan! “The Research Scholar Program provides unrestricted gifts to support research at institutions around the world, and is focused on funding world-class research conducted by early-career professors” google.submittable.com/submit/ac6d7...
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Google - Research Scholar (RS) Application
Submission Deadline: The deadline for all final applications is Monday, January 27, 2025, at 11:59:59 PM AoE (UTC-12) (the deadline shown above will adjust to the timezone you are located in). All app...
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ICML Conference @icmlconf.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
📢 ICML Call for Papers is out The CfP is live here: icml.cc/Conferences/..., and we also just released a blog post summarizing major updates this year: medium.com/@icml2025pc/...
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ICML 2025 Call for Papers
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Climate Action @climateaction.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
"Contrails, formed by aircraft engines, are a major component of aviation’s impact on anthropogenic climate change. [...] This study demonstrates that per-flight detectable contrail avoidance is feasible in commercial aviation." www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Feasibility test of per-flight contrail avoidance in commercial aviation - Communications Engineering
Vapour trails (contrails) from aircraft make a substantial contribution to aviation’s climate impact. Here we execute a per-flight contrail avoidance feasibility test through altitude adjustments base...
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ACM FAccT @facct.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Reminder: The #FAccT2025 submission deadlines are roughly one month away! Abstracts are due January 15th and full papers on January 22nd. See the full CfP here: facctconference.org/2025/cfp
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ACM FAccT - 2025 CFP
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Ed Newton-Rex @ednewtonrex.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators. More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live): 1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇 1/10
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Razvan Pascanu @razvan-pascanu.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
For my first post on Bluesky .. I'll start by announcing our 2025 edition of EEML which will be in Sarajevo :) ! I'm really excited about it and hope to see many of you there. Please follow the website (and Bluesky account) for more details which are coming soon ..
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Tom Schaul @schaul.bsky.social · 14/12/2024
Could language games (and playing many of them) be the renewable energy that Ilya was hinting at yesterday? They do address two core challenges of self-improvement -- let's discuss! My talk is today at 11:40am, West Meeting Room 220-222, #NeurIPS2024 language-gamification.github.io/schedule/
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Verity Harding @verityharding.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Very good to see the renewal of the US-China science and technology pact. Even if it is reduced in scope, some limited cooperation is better than none at all, as we at the AI & Geopolitics Project argue in our latest report 'Moving Beyond Competition'.
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US and China sign new science pact — but with severe restrictions
Amid tensions, the two nations agree on a path forward for research collaboration.
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Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Our new landscape review examines the foundations of participatory and inclusive data stewardship. The review demonstrates the liveliness of debate around ‘data stewardship’ and aims to support future research and practice. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/report/parti...
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Participatory and inclusive data stewardship
A landscape review
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Nicolas Papernot @nicolaspapernot.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
I look forward to co-directing the Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAISI) Research Program at CIFAR with @catherineregis.bsky.social We will be designing the program in the coming months and will soon share ways to get involved with this new community. Read more here: cifar.ca/cifarnews/20...
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Dr. Chinasa T. Okolo @chinasa.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Enjoyed reading this interview: "...rather than talk about AI in Africa, we are instead trying to focus on the context of where you are on the continent rather than a definitive catch-all that ignores the massive differences in place and experience.” wearecs.org/cs-magazine/...
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Vukosi Marivate: Finding Africa inside the machine - CS
It’s a sunny winter’s day in Joburg when I meet with Vukosi Marivate—a multi-hyphenate academic, entrepreneur and African Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
There is just about a month left before the abstract deadline for @facct.bsky.social 2025🥳😳🙈. Really looking forward to seeing all the submissions. If you are submitting, don’t forget to check out the Author Guide (and the reviewer and AC guide as well). facctconference.org/2025/aguide
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ACM FAccT - 2025 Home
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Tom Andersson 🌍 @tom-andersson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Like its predecessor (GraphCast), the weights & code of GenCast have been made publicly available: github.com/google-deepm... We’re looking forward to seeing how the community builds on this!
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GitHub - google-deepmind/graphcast
Contribute to google-deepmind/graphcast development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Tom Andersson 🌍 @tom-andersson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
So excited to share our Google DeepMind team's new Nature paper on GenCast, an ML-based probabilistic weather forecasting model: www.nature.com/articles/s41... It represents a substantial step forward in how we predict weather and assess the risk of extreme events. 🌪️🧵
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Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning - Nature
GenCast, a probabilistic weather model using artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, has greater skill and speed than the top operational medium-range weather forecast in the world and provid...
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Neil Lawrence @lawrennd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
1/25 Welcome to the "Atomic Human Advent Calendar" A new post or every day. the-atomic-human.ai/images/dan-a... I'm please to share the work of Dan Andrews of scribeysense. I asked Dan to read the book and create a drawing for each chapter. Here's how Dan responded to Chapter 1.
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Dan Andrews: Gods and Robots
Image of Narcissus gazing into a pond and seeing AI reflect back.
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Got this amazing graphic summary of a keynote I gave on the Roles for generative AI in scientific discovery. From the amazing Dan Andrews at an event by @acceleratescience.bsky.social (Last Dec already 👻). Check Dan out on LinkedIn and consider for your next event. www.linkedin.com/posts/danscr...
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Petar Veličković @petar-v.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Our team at Google DeepMind is hiring Student Researchers for 2025! 🧑‍🔬 Interested in understanding reasoning capabilities of neural networks from first principles? 🧑‍🎓 Currently studying for a BS/MS/PhD? 🧑‍💻 Have solid engineering and research skills? 🌟 We want to hear from you! Details in thread.
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Daniel Rothenberg @danielrothenberg.com · 04/12/2024
Very excited to see the @deep-mind.bsky.social GenCast paper in press at Nature! Great work by the core team at GDM; GenCast provides a significant step forward with the ability to draw realistic sample ensemble members from the posterior forecast distribution. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning - Nature
GenCast, a probabilistic weather model using artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, has greater skill and speed than the top operational medium-range weather forecast in the world and provid...
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Suresh Venkatasubramanian @geomblog.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
This was a fun paper to read. It uses generative architectures and concepts combined with strong and rigorous evaluation.
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
The next generation of probabilistic machine learning for weather called GenCast is published in @natureportfolio.bsky.social today 🥳. Amazing to see the collective progress in ML for weather as a field over the last 5 years. 🏖️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Probabilistic weather forecasting with machine learning - Nature
GenCast, a probabilistic weather model using artificial intelligence for weather forecasting, has greater skill and speed than the top operational medium-range weather forecast in the world and provid...
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 04/12/2024
The bluesky roast tool is hilarious. Get yours here. blueskyroast.com
According to the blue sky roast tool, I “blend climate science and humor like a gourmet chef and a plant-based kitchen”. My account offers “positive vibes and climate jives, like a walk in a Texas wildflower field.”
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Hellina Hailu Nigatu @hellinanigatu.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I hope I am not late to the party (was away post-quals chilling) but here are some thoughts on why this is bad IMO: First, a disclaimer that I am writing this as an African who is a speaker of multiple African languages, NLP researcher of African languages, and HCI researcher focusing broadly on..
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Should tag this piece on the end of the thread too. Education Next gave me 2000 words to express my skepticism on tutorbots, but I could've gone on at ten times that length. That skepticism is rooted in distrust of what the bots have to teach us. www.educationnext.org/ai-tutors-hy...
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AI Tutors: Hype or Hope for Education?
In a new book, Sal Khan touts the potential of artificial intelligence to address lagging student achievement. Our authors weigh in.
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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w frothy AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. @smw.bsky.social, @davidthewid.bsky.social & I correct the record👇 nature.com/articles/s41...
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Why ‘open’ AI systems are actually closed, and why this matters - Nature
A review of the literature on artificial intelligence systems to examine openness reveals that open AI systems are actually closed, as they are highly dependent on the resources of a few large corpora...
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Gautam Kamath @gautamkamath.com · 02/12/2024
New starter pack of Canada CIFAR AI Chairs! Featuring leading AI researchers across the country, from British Columbia to Alberta to Ontario to Quebec. Surprised @roydanroy.bsky.social didn't beat me to this one... Too normal a pack? go.bsky.app/8T8VDW
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Canada CIFAR AI Chairs
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Poetry is a good case where ‘superhuman’ AI performance doesn’t make sense. “In racing to confer god-like status to machine output, what’s lost is what makes a poem a poem: a necessary urge to plumb what it means to have “one wild and precious life,” as Mary Oliver wrote.” lithub.com/on-the-repor...
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On the Report of Poetry’s Death, or: What Does That AI Poetry Study Really Tell Us?
A newly published report from the University of Pittsburgh that claims “AI-generated poetry is indistinguishable from human-written poetry and is rated more favorably,” has sent a swarm…
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Abdoulaye Diack @diack.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Exciting opportunity for a senior software engineer to join our team in Kenya. www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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Software Engineer III, Machine Learning, Google Research — Google Careers
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Michael A. Lewis @michaelalewis10.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Might be of interest to the academic types on here: fnl.mit.edu/1736/the-pro... @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social @kevinzollman.com @stevenstrogatz.bsky.social @karlwiderquist.bsky.social @socio-steve.bsky.social @etvpod.bsky.social @seanmcarroll.bsky.social @cailinmeister.bsky.social
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The Problem with Philanthropy - MIT Faculty Newsletter
The structure of philanthropy around the world is increasingly a manifestation of plutocracy – government by the wealthy. Treating universities as places where corporations can outsource their researc...
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NeurIPS Conference @neuripsconf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
NeurIPS Conference is now Live on Bluesky! -NeurIPS2024 Communication Chairs
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Gaia Marcus @gaiamarcus.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
The @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social previously highlighted 'knots' in healthcare systems, which disrupt how well it works for people. Good to see some of the themes of the 'knotted pipeline' report redirected in the Sudlow review
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
So happy to see the work of we’ve been doing in AI and education teams get recognised in multiple categories in this year’s Anthem Awards (that honours purpose and mission driven work)🥳 See the page for our work on LearnLM www.anthemawards.com/winners/list...
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Entry - Anthem Awards
Brought to you by The Webby Awards, The Anthem Awards honors the purpose & mission-driven work of people, companies, and organizations worldwide. By amplifying the voices that spark global change, we’...
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Murray Shanahan @mpshanahan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
It's great to see so many new followers here. In case anyone wants to know what I (currently) think about AI and consciousness, this is the thing to read: arxiv.org/abs/2402.12422
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Simulacra as Conscious Exotica
The advent of conversational agents with increasingly human-like behaviour throws old philosophical questions into new light. Does it, or could it, ever make sense to speak of AI agents built out of g...
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Ted Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 13/11/2024
Schmidt Sciences is outlining the timeline for a new program to support research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and the humanities. Open call for proposals to come Dec 15. www.schmidtsciences.org/humanities-a...
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Humanities and AI Virtual Institute - Schmidt Sciences
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Shakir Mohamed @shakirm.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
The Deep Learning Indaba has made significant progress over the last few years. This piece in @mittechreviewbr.bsky.social paints a great picture of the opportunities and tensions we face 🙏🏾. And Lots more work for us still 🚀🚀 www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/11/1...
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What Africa needs to do to become a major AI player
Inadequate funding, infrastructure issues, and fights over regulation mean the sector's future remains uncertain.
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