dismiss
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These caveats aren’t intended to dismiss the risks from AI, especially given its rapidly growing ability to train itself.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Last week, the FCC asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit.
From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026
None of this means that consumers should be denied access to emerging tests, or that physicians should dismiss people who ask about them.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
He continued to push back, insisting the judge had the power to dismiss the one holdout juror.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
She tried to dismiss it, shrug it off, but there it was.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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He dismisses the Taliban government's amnesty, announced days after their return to power which declared that former government officials, security personnel and civil servants would not face retaliation and were encouraged to return to work.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
He dismisses the theory, also put forward by the KWS, that the cyanide might have come from a type of foliage, noting local livestock would have died as well.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Fiechter dismisses this as fearmongering, saying he is "certain that the EU will not allow this to happen", and arguing that the agreements with Switzerland are "entirely in the EU's own interest".
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
This is the policy logic underneath the AI Overwatch Act, a legislation that Mr. Chilson dismisses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
He dismisses the idea loftily and informs me I know nothing about it.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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Prof Geoffrey Hinton, a computer scientist regarded as a "godfather" of AI development, warned powerful AI systems could even make humans extinct - although his fear was dismissed by his fellow "AI godfather", Yann LeCun.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, dismissed AI doomsday scenarios as totally unfounded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
“Big Short” investor Michael Burry, who has been bearish on the AI trade, dismissed Amodei and Altman’s concerns as “self-serving” and “puffery” ahead of planned initial public offerings.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026
Wildeford dismissed the idea that the common funding sources were “some giant firestorm conspiracy theory” and said AI lab employees often tell him “how afraid they are of what they are building.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
The space was large enough that we had believed a person could crawl in there if necessary, but Mr. Smit dismissed it without a second glance.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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He had already impressed with his pace bowling, dismissing Root in his first over in Test cricket, then the way he dismantled the England attack on Friday was thrilling and audacious.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
A spokeswoman for Hernandez was unaware of the judge’s order dismissing the case against Alvarez and could not immediately comment Wednesday morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 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
BlackRock began voting against ESG proposals, dismissing many as low-quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
“We have never gotten along, my brother and I. He has always been too ambitious for that. And yet I had hoped…” He waves his hand around, dismissing whatever he was about to say.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
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