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autonomously

[aw-ton-uh-muhs-lee] / ɔˈtɒn ə məs li /


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The Merops autonomously seeks an incoming drone using radio waves, radar or the target’s heat signature.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

UFORCE's land-based drones use software designed to assist with targeting, while Anduril says some of its systems can autonomously complete the final phase of an attack.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

That’s because as the industry moves towards agentic AI tools, which can complete tasks autonomously, more CPUs will be required to manage those increasingly complex operations.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Commanders have the freedom to operate autonomously under a decentralized system called the “mosaic defense.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Do we all belong to separate worlds, operating simultaneously but autonomously, so that the links between any two people, anywhere in the world, are few and distant?

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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