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He said his group is focused on creating "trusted AI systems" that are transparent and allow operators to understand how a particular conclusion has been reached.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Cao and her colleagues are now working to better understand why cancer is increasingly affecting younger generations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"What people don't understand is they're so good when they come out on tour these days," Nordqvist said.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
I didn’t understand a lot of this world, but I did grow up on Wonder Woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
How could I explain what I did not understand?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
The incident on Saturday was not the result of hostile action, the BBC understands.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The BBC understands the size of the pay-off was partly to cover Lord Wormald's pension contributions as his removal from office essentially cut his civil service career short.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
“It’s not clear the president understands the technology. He may just be figuring out what all of this means.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
"The National Intelligence Service currently assesses that Kim Ju Ae is being groomed as the successor and understands she has a younger sibling of unknown gender," the agency said, reaffirming its conclusion on succession.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
And Khalid nods, like he understands what that means.
From "King and the Dragonflies" by Kacen Callender
It is understood the individual worked at the US embassy in Vauxhall, south west London, and though not a diplomat, he enjoyed the umbrella of diplomatic protection.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Alzheimer's disease cannot be understood one layer at a time," said Jian Ma, the Ray and Stephanie Lane Professor of Computational Biology who led and supervised the study.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Rather than retreat into antiseptic corporate language, it followed the safety message with another language its customers understood: cheap Taco Bell.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Benn was taken to hospital after the fight, in what was understood to be a precautionary measure.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
To my relief I honestly did not know any of the names he read— now I understood the wisdom of the ubiquitous “Mr. Smit.”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
On Monday, French energy giant TotalEnergies signed a memorandum of understanding with Iraq on liquefied natural gas supplies and agreed to discuss further energy projects.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
“If we’re not tracking and not just understanding the numbers, but understanding the why behind the numbers, we have no ability to respond,” Knight said.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Understanding how gluons behave inside nuclei is therefore essential to understanding how matter itself acquires its mass and structure."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
There is now a growing understanding of the need for respiratory protections and decontamination to help prevent certain cancers that are more common for firefighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
All human languages take place at the same pitch and frequency, which makes them sound similar to me as I translate them for my own understanding.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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