state of the art
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Frontier AI models, by contrast, were developed almost entirely inside private companies with private capital, and the state of the art remains there.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The Terafab will focus on so-called two-nanometer nodes, which represent the state of the art in semiconductor design and manufacturing.
From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026
"Our results are really pushing the state of the art," she said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 17, 2025
Beautiful as it is, it's hard to imagine that this elderly machine was ever state of the art.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
It was not a very demanding task, but by ancient standards it was the state of the art.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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