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autonomy

[aw-ton-uh-mee] / ɔˈtɒn ə mi /


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“Regarding our technology roadmap, our autonomy platform is progressing rapidly,” Scaringe said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

“If they’re going to have a car that has a road map to autonomy, and it retails for less than the average new car in the United States, that’s a pretty positive formula.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

"As AI systems become more capable of generating novel decisions and acting with greater autonomy, we need to ensure that their behaviour remains safe, reliable and under meaningful human control," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

The subsequent wave is based on the rise of AI agents that complete tasks with varying degrees of autonomy, complexity and duration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The eastern frontier, where Dacca was located, was fighting for autonomy from the ruling regime in the west.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri

The underlying premise is that charter schools must have certain autonomies and flexibilities to function effectively.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 9, 2023

Spinning on an axis of anxiety, “Huesera” raises the provocative idea that motherhood can feel akin to a curse stripping one of stability and sacred autonomies.

From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022

Assimilating college sports into the university would prevent them from being run as autonomies or fiefdoms.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 9, 2015

Opinions in Spain would split according to autonomies and political colour.

From Economist ● May 15, 2012

The respective autonomies of the individual, the clan, the hsien and the nation are accounted for; the nature of the democratic nationalist state becomes clear.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger


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