datum

So went the prohibition on artificial intelligence in Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel “Dune,” and what was then a datum of fictional world-building is now a real and pressing concern.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

“The horizontal buildings and concrete walls are a datum against which the landscape can be seen,” Mr. Williams said.

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2022

Moving in tandem through a sequence of points, the team builds up a series of height marks relative to a known baseline, or datum.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2019

Researchers rate each datum for accuracy, using a system developed by SFEI.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 13, 2019

No plural form is necessary, and the old singular, datum, can be left to the Romans.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

I had an interesting visit last week from Asher Genoot, the 31-year-old CEO of Hut 8, which has transitioned from building bitcoin mining centers to building AI data centers—although it still runs both.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

A proposal to build a data centre on a Cardiff hospital park-and-ride has sparked debate.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Those data revealed how each gentoo species has adapted to its particular environment.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Excitement about a broadening of demand for the chips and data centers that power AI saw gains of 10% and 14% respectively for chip makers AMD and Intel in the last session.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

“You’ve handled us out of all the data we’ve financed,” General Knox said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste