big shot
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AI bigshots vying for U.S. intelligence agency business include Microsoft, which announced on May 7 that it was offering OpenAI’s GPT-4 for top-secret networks, though the product is not yet accredited on classified networks.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024
Instead, he seems obsessed with the now-irrelevant machinations of now-irrelevant senators, thrilled to have brushed shoulders with obscure political bigshots from the 1970s and ’80s.
From Washington Post • Jun. 10, 2021
Because I have my own unique health story, I am sometimes invited to talk to bigshots from hospitals and healthcare organizations about patient engagement.
From Salon • Jan. 27, 2020
The gathering of the bigshots will be staged at the spectacular Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center just outside the nation’s capital in Virginia.
From Washington Times • Oct. 4, 2017
The bigshots came hurrying out of the crowd, with Beatrice and Roy on their heels.
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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