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fawning

[faw-ning] / ˈfɔ nɪŋ /


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Is it a parable about the dangers posed by artificial intelligence and the fawning tendencies of large language models?

From Salon

Mr. Carlson recently hosted a sympathetic, at times fawning, interview with Mr. Fuentes, and Mr. Roberts felt he needed to warn his fellow conservatives not to “cancel” them.

From The Wall Street Journal

It could be ‘financial fawning’ — here’s how to stop.

From MarketWatch

These groups deserve shame, scorn and diplomatic rebuke — not fawning sympathy and United Nations red carpets.

From Los Angeles Times

On Comedy Central, Stewart took a similar satirical approach, becoming a fawning and "patriotically obediant host" of an "all-new government approved Daily Show".

From BBC