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# The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative

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**Published:** 2026-09-11T11:17:50.000Z
**Category:** Research
**Topics:** waymo, research, collaboration, industry

## Summary

How frictionless technologies teach us to prefer our own company – and why research leaders should worry\.

## Sources

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- [Discussion](<https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49656496>)