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All cyber professionals need to understand how AI models behave in production environments—especially under adversarial conditions, said Sumedh Thakar, president and chief executive at Qualys, a cloud-based IT, security and compliance firm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
"In our latest paper, we find that the inductive effect does not behave in this way," Dr. Elliott says.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Understanding how gluons behave inside nuclei is therefore essential to understanding how matter itself acquires its mass and structure."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026
"He would play heavy metal first thing in the morning at 6am on the days when he would behave badly," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
On this particular Christmas, I was overjoyed to find a place where we belonged, where we could touch the merchandise and behave as though we were free and equal.
From "March Forward, Girl" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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Watch whether gold behaves as though that rate increase solves anything.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Imagine a relatively uneventful in which the Fed raises rates, explains its reasoning convincingly; Treasury yields settle; inflation expectations remain contained; the dollar behaves normally; and equities absorb the decision without disorder.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
In this version of the story, A.I. stops being a tool and acts as a being that behaves in accordance with its own worldview.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki acknowledged there was still uncertainty about how a new model behaves once released.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
Language, once it comes alive, behaves like an active, motile organism.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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In observational studies, which look back at how patients behaved naturally, it can be hard to separate whether the intervention or someone’s lifestyle is responsible for the benefits.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The Indian Ocean has increasingly behaved differently from what would normally be expected based on conditions in the Pacific, a change that researchers have linked to climate warming.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026
Matthew Roberts, defending him, said he was of "clean character" and "well behaved" before the incident.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
"So far, I think Russia's behaved quite well, having to do with the Strait of Hormuz," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
That led Americans to an inaccurate view of how their fellow citizens behaved.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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Indeed, oil is increasingly behaving like a macro risk for equities, rather than simply another indicator of economic growth.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
The goal is to make the first decisions before an emergency begins, rather than after the sea starts behaving strangely.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
That’s what “nuclear deterrence” is all about; the possession of nuclear weapons deters others from behaving aggressively.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
He says those sourcing fake versions are in effect behaving as lab rats without any medical oversight.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
I use my fingers to try and comb my hair, but it isn’t behaving.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
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