behave
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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
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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
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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
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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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