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The founder of Nikola Corp. was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for his conviction for exaggerating claims about his company’s production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks, causing investors to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. Trevor Milton learned his fate in Manhattan federal court when Judge Edgardo Ramos announced the sentence, saying he believed…

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GovernmentTechnology 20 November 2023, 2:44 pm 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that France, Germany and Italy have reached an agreement on how artificial intelligence should be regulated.   Market Impact Germany’s Economy Ministry, which is in charge of the topic together with the Ministry of Digital Affairs, said laws and state control should not regulate AI…