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behave

[bih-heyv] / bɪˈheɪv /
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To understand why these systems behave the way they do, we have to look at what is happening inside them, as we would with any other mind.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

"He would play heavy metal first thing in the morning at 6am on the days when he would behave badly," she said.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

These small icy grains effectively behave like miniature comets.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

Worshipers sat on long wooden benches under a bamboo-and-steel roof, ceiling fans turning slowly overhead and loudspeakers crackling with reminders to be kind and to behave well.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 6, 2026

I knew how to behave at a party, and especially one for birthdays.

From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals

In this version of the story, A.I. stops being a tool and acts as a being that behaves in accordance with its own worldview.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

In this case, the atom behaves much like a miniature heat engine, or more specifically, a "light engine."

From Science Daily Aug. 19, 2026

For cosmology, gravity determines how matter behaves across enormous distances.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Every day the ocean looks and behaves a little differently.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Wolves, for example, behaved differently from many of the other animals included in the research.

From Science Daily Aug. 28, 2026

"So far, I think Russia's behaved quite well, having to do with the Strait of Hormuz," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

It was responsible for “alignment,” ensuring AI models behaved as intended and didn’t go rogue or destroy humanity.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Today shows them to be one of the worst behaved.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

But what was the point, the purpose, of my salvation if it did not permit me to behave with love toward others, no matter how they behaved toward me?

From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin

That’s what “nuclear deterrence” is all about; the possession of nuclear weapons deters others from behaving aggressively.

From Slate Sep. 10, 2026

For still others, 9/11 remains most powerfully a story about innocent lives lost and ordinary people behaving with extraordinary courage.

From Salon Sep. 8, 2026

The pattern points to the limbic system behaving more like an integrated network than a collection of unrelated structures.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

His team also tracked adult cuttlefish numbers during the dive survey, and said the dozen or so they saw - when there should have been tens of thousands - appeared to be behaving differently.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

“You are behaving like a spoiled child, Kaede, which only goes to show that you are not prepared to take on the responsibility that this journey would entail.”

From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo




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