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Kurtz said several tells led her to conclude that AI was likely used to alter her work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
"It does not generate new scenes or performances, alter actors' faces or likenesses, or use synthetic voices," he said, adding that a human editor would be "reviewing and approving every stage of the editing process".
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Before long, dead ends give way to a digital abyss, pulling them both into something that will alter their perception of reality and the lives of hundreds of others called to follow them.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
If the cooling is sufficiently strong, it could alter ocean circulation around Antarctica in ways that allow more CO2 to be stored beneath the ocean's surface.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The severity of her expression did not alter, and there was no telling whether there was insult or humor or a hidden message in her remark.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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Brewers World Series pitcher Logan Henderson grew up cheering for the Astros, but he reluctantly concedes their cheating scandal alters the 2017 title.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026
Social Security recipients can get an additional benefit for dependent children, which alters the calculation about when to draw benefits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Spanish meteorological research group Climatoc-Lab described it as "a manifestation of how global warming alters the hydrological cycle".
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Any analysis that requires drilling or removing part of a specimen permanently alters an object that cannot be replaced.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
I doubt that I am overstating the case here: our capacity to understand and manipulate human genomes alters our conception of what it means to be “human.”
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Together, they have fundamentally altered the region’s security dynamics, sharply increasing demands on the U.S. and its allies that must track these Chinese movements and be ready to respond.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Study co-author Dr. Sudipta Show of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur said the findings suggest that the forgotten particle may have dramatically altered the expansion history of the young cosmos.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Authorities determined that Owens altered an ultrasound image, fabricated a pregnancy video and lied under oath claiming she was pregnant, according to a statement from prosecutors at the time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026
The company has been panned by some academics and scientists, who doubt Colossal’s claims of scientific breakthroughs and warn that introducing heavily genetically altered creatures can cause dangerous ecological disruption.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Notice in particular the relationship of the altered notes in the harmonic, melodic, and dorian minors.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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In the nine days since riots erupted in cities across France, thousands of merchants have also boarded up their storefronts, radically altering the Paris streetscape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
When they divide, the resulting structures may operate differently, altering how efficiently cells produce and consume energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Our reporters visually track how carriers are altering the world’s busiest flight paths to navigate around conflicts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Fintech founders have caught on to how Americans are altering their financial habits, and they’ve created new products to try to meet the moment.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
She nodded without altering her calm expression, and her husband nodded back in silence.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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