calamity
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As Anthropic prepares to go public, Wall Street is grappling with the unprecedented question of how to price the risks associated with artificial-intelligence calamity.
From MarketWatch â Oct. 16, 2026
Authorities probing last year’s Air India calamity said in court filing they were examining a range of factors, including by conducting a “psychological autopsy and evaluation.”
From The Wall Street Journal â Oct. 8, 2026
"Their own reports repeatedly highlighted it. But they did not take any preventive steps, did not demand stringent checks and balances, nor were they prepared for a calamity they knew could occur," he says.
From BBC â Sep. 4, 2026
George Joseph came of age during the Great Depression, a calamity that left with him with a stated desire to always have plenty of work to do.
From Los Angeles Times â Sep. 4, 2026
“But, my dear knight, how could yours truly foresee a calamity of this nature?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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We will treat on-field screw-ups like national calamities.
From The Wall Street Journal â Sep. 9, 2026
"Since this region has seen calamities in the past as well, these are certainly symptoms of a deeper underlying cause -- whether climate change or other factors," he said on Thursday.
From Barron's â Sep. 1, 2026
Discounting wars, many of which also fail to unite citizenry, vast social and economic calamities don’t admit of any solution on which majorities of Americans agree.
From The Wall Street Journal â Jun. 17, 2026
The calamities each couple faces spin out into a web of favors and coercion in this tale of broken systems and characters going to great lengths to get what they want.
From Los Angeles Times â Apr. 17, 2026
My life has been 101 calamities with at least half of them in the marriage department, but finally I got lucky in love, with Remy Fairley.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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