underlie

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True open-source models allow full access to training data and code, while open-weight models share the numerical parameters, or “weights,” that underlie them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

This process is thought to underlie decisions, thoughts, and memories, and studying it directly could help explain how the brain performs complex computations.

From Science Daily • Dec. 29, 2025

Talk to some folks in your family whom you trust to make sure you’re not overstepping any unspoken boundaries that underlie family relationships.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 15, 2025

But the “frontier” language models that underlie ChatGPT and Gemini run in giant data centers, and are far too demanding for a phone.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

In particular, we know the basic laws that underlie all of chemistry and biology.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking