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believe

[bih-leev] / bΙͺˈliv /




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"We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade," a team lead at Anthropic, Evan Hubinger, posted on X.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade,” Coxon wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026

“We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans! I personally think it is >10% within the next decade,” he wrote.

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026

Another Anthropic employee, Evan Hubinger, agreed with Coxon, adding, “We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!”

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2026

Torak didn’t believe that any more than she did.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

Often she can channel her emotions into her aggressive hitting, but former British number one Annabel Croft believes it contributed to her downfall against Rybakina.

From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026

The party knows what its leader believes, broadly at least.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Yet the public is still trying to learn what the movement believes, how it is organized and the level of its followers’ involvement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Rosen believes that Rhys -- a winner for best drama actor for "The Americans" in 2018 -- could now earn his first comedy Emmy.

From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026

She does not want to inconvenience Mrs. Song more than she believes we already do.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na

Grindr CEO George Arison told the BBC he believed some of the stark public warnings about AI were "dangerous"

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Both Delo and Harborne said that they were backing Reform because they believed the party was best placed to revitalize the U.K.’s slow growing economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Those data led to the estimate that Mercury's surface contains about 37 percent silicon dioxide, substantially less than scientists had previously believed.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Morgan Stanley analyst Andrew Percoco wrote on Friday that he long believed Tesla was a “potential wildcard in the competitive landscape” of autonomous trucks.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

It seemed preposterous that he’d ever believed he belonged there!

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman

Hasegawa wants to see the base at Futenma redeveloped into homes and businesses, believing it will bring jobs in construction and other economic benefits “so that Okinawa can be a source of pride,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Despite developing the machine with scientists, Ernetti’s claims of what he saw — including Christ’s crucifixion — quickly became sensationalized fodder, with some believing in Ernetti’s discovery and others dismissing it as a hoax.

From Salon ● Sep. 7, 2026

In that case, those believing in lower rates would be correct, but for a difficult reason — a major financial crash followed by recession or depression.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026

Wrapping up the set with “Disparate Youth,” Santigold reminded the audience to keep believing in “a life worth fighting for.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Back to Deep Water, where life would become again an empty trailer, an old man’s declining will to go on, a crazy fool believing in the mysteries of a beat-up vinyl suitcase, and me.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant




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