basic principle

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When Anthropic and Open AI sell their shares the same basic principle will apply: a lot of money is being invested with no guarantee of future profits to match.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

The basic principle is that, with time, ChatGPT is going to start handing out sponsored brand recommendations in its feedback—while Claude will never do such a thing.

From Slate • Feb. 8, 2026

“It starts with a very basic principle: Do you, as the boss, want to leave the job?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2026

Evolutionary biology explains this contrast through a basic principle: energy is limited, and species must divide it between reproduction and maintaining their bodies.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 2026

This violates a basic principle of numbers called the axiom of Archimedes, which says that if you add something to itself enough times, it will exceed any other number in magnitude.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife