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Why a German town of 16,500 matters for personal AI agents

A small town in Baden-Württemberg has quietly become a test bed for personal AI agents. What happens there is a preview of how Europeans will live and work with autonomous software.

Eleanor WarnockEditor-in-Chief12 min read
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