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Which activity often requires inference?

inference

[in-fer-uhns, -fruhns] / ˈɪn fər əns, -frəns /


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LTX, an AI company that builds open-weight multimodal models, found that doubleAI’s Maxwell sped up its own model inference twofold.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Like sleep staging, it’s an inference, not a direct measurement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Although Kimi K3, the open-weight model developed by Chinese startup Moonshot AI, remains “ahead on raw capability,” Beam holds an advantage with efficiency at inference time, according to Reflection.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Because some of the inference process takes place through diffraction, important parameters of the optical model are effectively embedded within the hardware.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Difference, inference, interference. You’ve interfered with the order of things is what I’m saying. You should have left it the way it was. I liked this place when it was wood.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

"By combining the model with what we see on the surface, we can make inferences about Ariel's past eccentricity and how thick the ocean might have been."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

Moreover, one need not rely on inferences from data.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

They can analyze data and make predictive inferences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026

However, if a tenant is late or misses a payment, it shows up as “no data available” on a credit report, which Dempsey said lenders and future landlords can draw negative inferences from.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

It refers to a situation that the writer is uncertain about, and it invites the reader to draw inferences or make predictions about that situation.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker


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