mitigating

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“Governments have an essential role to play in helping maintain that lead, and in both assessing and mitigating the national security risks associated with AI models,” Anthropic says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

“The market wants to see progress in mitigating the tail risks around this conflict,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

“Today, we are proactively mitigating risks before they affect the traveling public,” FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said in a statement announcing the policy change.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

So is this an example of what is known as a phantom trend, where fear can end up exacerbating the real-world impact rather than mitigating it?

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

I had thought of telling him about the rash too, as a mitigating circumstance, but decide that our relationship is not at a point where I want to be discussing my body.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich