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misuse

[mis-yoos, mis-yooz] / mɪsˈjus, mɪsˈjuz /




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Similarly, Amodei called on nations to put aside their differences to confront the “global threat” of AI misuse.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

Senate that it has tightened the requirements for police officers and other users to access and search its database of billions of license plates amid growing concerns about misuse of its divisive product.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

But given the scale of e-bike misuse, can such schemes make an impact?

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In a report on misuse of its AI models on Thursday, Anthropic said it uncovered and disrupted the broad campaign it linked "with high confidence" to UAE government officials.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“It shall be my duty to protect the Book from discovery and misuse, and establish stability and peace for all the citizens of Kelanna.”

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Under current law, queries are reported annually to Congress so misuses of the program are identified.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026

"It misuses the gravity and impact of terrorism to expand it beyond those clear boundaries, to encompass further conduct that is already criminal under the law," he added.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2025

Recently, she’s chronicled on X the expulsion of New York Republican George Santos, who was booted from the House following a searing ethics report detailing misuses of campaign funds.

From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024

I was a devoted reader of his criticism, but I didn’t always appreciate his screeds about the misuses of multiculturalism or his insistence that artists had more important things to do than combating “social evils.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2023

On misuses of the term "Declaration" cf. supra, pp.

From Letters to "The Times" upon War and Neutrality (1881-1920) by Sir Thomas Erskine Holland

If you were found to have acted recklessly with her money or investments, engaged in self-dealing, or otherwise misused estate or trust assets, you could face serious legal consequences.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026

Nevertheless, he does not deny that Flock has been misused by members of law enforcement.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

Studios worried about their intellectual property being misused, and actors feared becoming little more than raw material for AI systems -- and made it a central plank of their strike action in 2023.

From Barron's ● Jul. 22, 2026

As words such as trauma, boundaries and narcissism have entered the mainstream, they are more misused and diluted.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

I must admit that in writing this paper I was motivated partly by irritation with Bekenstein, who, I felt, had misused my discovery of the increase of the area of the event horizon.

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

A Lufkin officer was indicted Aug. 24 on 100 counts of misusing official information, which Abbott cited as a concerning development during a Friday radio interview.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026

And recent reporting by the Washington Post uncovered at least 50 instances nationwide in which law enforcement officials were accused of misusing their access to the cameras, largely to stalk former romantic partners or citizens.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Some city leaders had also dinged the county for misusing homelessness money generated from a previous sales tax and argued this new pot of dollars would be handled no better.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026

Davies agreed the onus should be on social media platforms to tighten up safety measures and added adults were also guilty of misusing social media.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

Jonas remembered, suddenly and grimly, the time in his childhood when he had been chastised for misusing a word.

From "The Giver" by Lois Lowry




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