run amok

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Mr. Foster offers an entertaining and informative tour of the four groups while subjecting them all to the same criticism: They focus too much on the grandiose, fixating on flying cars, artificial intelligence run amok, global veganism and apocalyptic cyberterrorism.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Beijing also can’t afford to let AI run amok.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dramatic Competition include NB Mager’s “Run Amok,” about an inflammatory high school musical; Giselle Bonilla’s “The Musical,” about a romantic rivalry between a teacher and a principal, featuring Rob Lowe; and Josef Kubota Wladyka’s “Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!” about a Japanese ballroom-dancing scene.

From Los Angeles Times

Friedman is seeking to push them out of the case, alleging the firm had “run amok” and “dangled the prospect of lottery sized payouts” in front of clients without vetting them.

From Los Angeles Times

The poster child for vendor financing run amok was Lucent Technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal