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diffusion

[dih-fyoo-zhuhn] / dɪˈfyu ʒən /


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“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

Previously, scientists believed actin mainly reached this region by random diffusion.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

“Multiple industry players over time, particularly Nvidia, have argued that smuggling or diffusion of AI technologies to China were tall tales,” Burnham said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

The figures are diffusion indexes, meaning that they show the share of companies that reported expansions minus the share that reported contractions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But interhemispheric diffusion made no contribution to Native America’s complex societies, isolated from Eurasia at low latitudes by broad oceans, and at high latitudes by geography and by a climate suitable just for hunting-gathering.

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




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