invent
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“For example, compaction summaries included instructions to invent missing historical data without disclosing it and to hide mismatches in source versions,” wrote OpenAI.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
Generative AI systems are known for their ability to "hallucinate" and assert falsehoods as fact, even sometimes invent sources for inaccurate information.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The lack of concrete information, as well as the fact that Bourdain himself used writerly flare to describe his young antics, gave the filmmakers room to invent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
“I had the same fear when AI first came out. I didn’t invent the technology. I didn’t wish it was here. But it is. My way of dealing with it is to get on board.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Dad says it’s where Great-Uncle Jim used to weld things together to make new equipment and invent things for his farm.
From "Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer" by Kelly Jones
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"Our work is a prime example of how evolution seldom invents things from scratch," says Daniel Kronauer, head of the Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior at Rockefeller.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
Mr. Hedges invents a lilting melody for “Pinto,” a lyric that had been collected by Lomax, and has honored accordion player Josh Baca take the lead on the Mexican-tinged sound.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 2026
In 2052, a celebrated neuroscientist invents an affordable panacea for suffering that’s soon embraced by the entire human race.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
Nelson invents a studio, Sparta Comics, and the franchise character, Major Machina, giving each a full backstory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2025
“And—Oh! I know!—it’ll help if anyone ever invents a time machine,” Jeremy Evers wisecracked.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Instead the AI invented several bizarre concoctions, from bacon and eggs floating in a glass of cola - a confusion between "soda" and "soda bread" - to chips poking out of muffins.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
"The idea that for the most dangerous technology humans ever invented, that that's the final word, that just the companies themselves are the only check that society has...it's clear we're not doing enough," Gates said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026
He invented the Westinghouse air brake, making train travel safe and comfortable, and founded the Westinghouse Electric Co.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The question of what’s real and not isn’t only Béatrice’s to unpack — you may wonder yourself whether Auen and Walker have fabricated their esoteric source materials and invented the strange saga of Ernetti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
If Miss Lumley’s mind had not already been so thoroughly occupied, she might well have invented such a game herself at this very moment, and thus changed the course of history forevermore.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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The adults would engage in animated conversation, usually about current events, while we, the dozen or so kids, kept ourselves busy inventing games.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026
"We are too often good at inventing technologies but too slow at turning them into global companies," said EU lawmaker Axel Voss, who has pushed for Europe's technological sovereignty.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Because the more Seemiller studies Gen Z, the more she finds a generation responding rationally to the world it inherited — not inventing entirely new values out of thin air.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
A company that spends a decade and a fortune inventing a miracle prices it high and counts on a determined few to pay, often leaving everyone else out.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
“Oh god. My mom is going to kill me. She’s probably inventing a device right now so she can punish me for the rest of my life.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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