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    A draft national framework is abruptly withdrawn after it emerges that the government's researchers fell for a classic trap: AI hallucinations.
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    The Cairo-based firm has quietly returned more than ten times invested capital to its first fund. Its method - rooted in infrastructure built two decades ago for mobile telecoms - is worth examining.

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    A draft national framework is abruptly withdrawn after it emerges that the government's researchers fell for a classic trap: AI hallucinations.

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