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
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
Tournaments are pursuing younger audiences accustomed to the continuous movement and noise of other professional sports, challenging traditions that have long governed how spectators behave.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Has he no idea how to behave in an art museum?
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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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
With a larger sample, astronomers may be able to learn much more about how dark matter behaves and how it is distributed.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 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
But here’s the thing: It is the atom’s electrical charge that determines how it behaves in relationship to the atoms around it.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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In these models, the altered thalamic signals behaved differently from signals made by unaffected cells.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
Warsh set aside one of the better arguments for patience when he dismissed moderate growth in wages, which in the Fed’s conventional models is a sign inflation should be better behaved over time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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
Today shows them to be one of the worst behaved.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
He delivered the bad news when needed and administered a strict, no-nonsense form of discipline that mainly worked by keeping students so in fear of the threat of getting in trouble that they behaved.
From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge
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Leading computer scientist Professor dame Wendy Hall, who has advised the UN about AI, says the current crisis is all about the companies not behaving responsibly enough.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The goal is to make the first decisions before an emergency begins, rather than after the sea starts behaving strangely.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
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
It’s disturbing to see him like this, behaving as though he might have emotions.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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