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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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Siri will behave more like a generative-AI chatbot with the update, on which Apple is collaborating with Google.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Judges are expected to behave with decorum while on the bench, but the profession doesn’t demand that they forfeit free-speech rights in retirement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It’s possible for AI to behave as if conscious without being conscious.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

While transplanted hair can already grow, recreating follicles that can behave like the natural hair inside the body - repeatedly growing, shedding and regrowing over time - has proved far more difficult.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

“No one expects her to behave like a grown woman yet, but she has to move into her husband’s house,” said Uncle Kufa.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer




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