diffusion

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Unlike surround-sound in movie theaters which pinpoints directionality, the result here was diffusion — not eavesdropping but pure immersion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

“The U.S. is focused on achieving AGI, while China is focused on diffusion and applications of AI into the rest of their economy — manufacturing, humanoid robotics, all aspects of the internet of things.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

“The diffusion curve in AI is happening twice as quickly….we think you’ll go from basically a billion people using these tools to four to five billion.”

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

For many years, biology textbooks have described protein movement inside cells as a largely random process called diffusion.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

But we already saw in Chapter 10 that the north—south axes and ecological barriers within Africa and the Americas retarded the diffusion of crops and domestic animals.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond