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"Amodei doesn't go nearly far enough," he wrote on X.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
At the time, many thought this was in the realm of sci-fi and the real threats were comparatively far more mundane: job losses, cheating in exams.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Luckily, an artificial brain is far easier to study, since every connection is available for inspection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
Alarm mounted throughout the summer as researchers at leading AI labs found the pace of development far outstripping their expectations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
It’s said that American and Philippine forces have landed all along the West Coast of Luzon, not far from Manila, and they will soon fight their way to Santo Tomas to liberate the camp.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Mars, whose composition differs from both Earth and the Moon, may have formed farther away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
“What’s changed is that the mountain is increasingly unstable, and the hazard is now much bigger, and reaches farther than the assumptions some of these projects were designed against.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Finding it in Thailand extends the known distribution of the entire section farther north for the first time.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
It’s unlikely any significant rain from Marie will make it farther north than the Central Coast, the weather service office in Monterey said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
A hundred rats had chased him farther into the landfill, to where human machines screamed and scraped in the trash heaps.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
Hargitay, largely known for apprehending “especially heinous” offenders for the last 27 years, is just about the farthest away from an objectionable choice as you can get.
From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026
Some of the smallest fragments, known as cryptotephra, travel the farthest distances.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
"While many of you may view this indictment and view this matter as a simple investigation, it is the farthest thing from that," FBI Director Kash Patel said at a press conference.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
The original sense of “bottom” survives in many words related to “fund,” including foundation, fundamental, profound and the medical term fundus, the area of a hollow organ that is farthest away from the organ’s opening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
The old enmity came back to Ben as he sat down in the chair farthest away from the entrance of the shop.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Other base-related woes, from pollution to noise and helicopter crashes, have led to further complaints.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
An outright dovish Fed outcome of a surprise hold or guidance indicating much less than the roughly three increases priced in may be needed for further near-term underperformance of the dollar, the economists add.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
It predicted a further acceleration in rent rises to 4% or 5% by the end of the year, although that still roughly matched the average annual rise in workers' earnings.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
A hamstring injury to KeAndre Lambert-Smith further winnowed the Chargers’ receiving options.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“My conclusion is this: The school is undisciplined! Some remedies have already been put in place. I promise you, there will be further improvements.”
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
“I hate to say it, but Blythe’s in the middle of nowhere, we’re the furthest from Sacramento, I just hate to say it again, we’re only a few votes out here.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
You can watch your future grocery bill in transit: The stage of the producer-price index furthest from your cart rose 3.2% in May, the biggest jump since 2009.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
But combining plenty of aerobic activity with one to two hours of strength training brought the risk down furthest of all – by around 45%.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
I argued in 2019 that one issue with AI is that its costs would settle on those furthest from the decision to deploy it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Beyond the Cape, the furthest point that Dias reached he named the Rio do Infante, the River of the Crown Prince, after Prince Henry, now called the Navigator.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
