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“The most promising option I can think of, as I mentioned earlier, would be for OpenAI to attach to Tesla as its cash cow,” Musk said in an email published by OpenAI.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026
The most promising option so far is biocementation.
From Science Daily • Jan. 6, 2026
“Based on most of the evidence that we’ve seen so far, electrification looks to be an extremely promising option for most of those situations.”
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023
So recalling Santos is not a promising option, even if it were legal.
From Salon • Jan. 16, 2023
Teller believed a promising option to fuel a Super bomb would be to use tritium, a superheavy isotope of hydrogen.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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