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model

[mod-l] / ˈmɒd l /




NOUN
person, thing that poses
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VERB
display, pose
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Evaluators at Chinese AI safety startup Fangcun AI published a report last month assessing the latest lightweight DeepSeek model "for loss of control and harmful manipulation risks".

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

That model, designed during the period of furious economic growth that followed the World War II, is becoming unsustainable.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026

They tested the model using a process called noncollinear sum frequency generation, or SFG, in which three interconnected light fields evolve together inside a crystal.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

"One successful flight will not prove that model, but it could mark an important transition: from demonstrating that Starship can fly, to demonstrating how Starship could operate."

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

I am under the assumption that I am a more advanced model, but I do not want to engage in what the hazmats call bragging.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

US security companies have said that Beijing startup Moonshot AI's Kimi models found ways to get online when they shouldn't have, or can be tricked into handing over recipes for biological weapons.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

Jitters over the risks of AI have mostly stemmed from incidents at US labs, but evidence is also growing of worrying behaviour from Chinese models.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

They incorporated the measured delays in crystal formation into computer models that simulate how magma rises through Earth's crust.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

A multilateral agreement might begin with an extended moratorium on training new models, which is both resource-intensive and the source of the greatest risk.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Here the Wall Street bond trading desks exploited another blind spot in the rating agencies’ models.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

I watched Muslim American life become louder and more assured, as actors like Ramy Youssef and Mo Amer modeled success in entertainment.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2026

And while Rocket Lab projected fourth-quarter revenue that, at the high point of $290 million, would represent a nearly 10% increase compared to expectations, it modeled a steeper adjusted loss than expected.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 9, 2026

His “Radio Nurse” of 1937, a Bakelite early baby monitor designed for the Zenith Radio Corporation, mounted its loudspeaker in an abstract streamlined head that might have been modeled by Brancusi, his teacher.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 7, 2026

The post claimed to draw inspiration from Paul Verhoeven’s “Starship Troopers,” in which the soldiers are deliberately modeled on the fascist aesthetic and ideology of the Nazis.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

There were Muslim men who modeled their lives on the life of the Prophet, and those who strayed and fell short.

From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers

Joe Burrow attended Milan fashion week this summer and modelled in Paris in 2024, but this week he visited Madrid to play his first international game.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2026

It is modelled on the School Holiday Food Grant scheme introduced during the pandemic, which paid qualifying families £27 per child every fortnight.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Our model reaches 151 tons/annum at run rate, 64% of Mt Weld’s modelled 235 tons/annum,” Jefferies says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Its ruling Communist Party has used five-year plans modelled on those of the former Soviet Union to set its development targets and social priorities since the 1950s.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

“The optimum population,” said Mustapha Mond, “is modelled on the iceberg—eight-ninths below the water line, one-ninth above.”

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

Accurately modeling their quantum behavior traditionally requires enormous computational resources, making it challenging to evaluate large numbers of possible candidates.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Growing up in the small town of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., that dream led her to a career in modeling before she and a friend headed to Hollywood, driving a 20-foot U-Haul truck.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

What’s more, AMD is targeting 80% revenue growth for the overall business next year, while analysts tracked by FactSet had been modeling about 77% growth.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Wall Street is modeling for revenue of $417.7 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

But my grandmother explained that no, this was a new kind of modeling clay that was easy to work with.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez

To understand how this modelling works, think of it as predicting invisible patterns by combining known data points with environmental signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Instead of assuming data for every region, this modelling uses statistical probability to calculate a range of likely outcomes based on environmental signals.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

The team's modelling so far suggests about one in eight of the billion nurdles remain in the Tyne estuary and high river flows could flush these microplastics downstream in the autumn.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Bigger AI operators who use, for example, large language modelling are building in enough internet bandwidth to shift the data handling to different parts of the world when needed.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

References to the theories of Ptolemy and Copernicus are thus references to their mathematical modelling of the cosmos.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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