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"It's hard to overstate how dangerous speeding towards RSI is," Wang posted in response to Coxon's resignation, referring to recursive self-improvement, which is a technique where software is designed to continuously teach itself.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Critics of AI safety campaigners say those issuing dire warnings overstate the risks of novel technology and that the advances AI enable in workplace productivity, drug discovery and more outweigh the risks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026

When news of the deal broke, U.S. premium futures fell from $1.17 per pound to 95 cents, about 22 cents of expected relief, though even that may overstate the benefit.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

"We also can't overstate the importance of the patient population and their involvement in developing therapies and their dedication to understanding their disease."

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

It may be impossible to overstate the significance of race in defining the basic structure of American society.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

The traditional formula overstates free cash flow in another way, especially at large tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

That phrasing wildly overstates the case, perhaps conveying the impression that there is some voter fraud, even an uncomfortable amount, but just not enough to sway an election.

From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026

The data was stronger than forecast, "but vastly overstates the sustainable pace of job growth," said Oxford Economics lead US economist Nancy Vanden Houten.

From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026

Nancy Vanden Houten, lead economist at Oxford Economics, said the report "overstates" the emerging strength of the labour market, noting that the bulk of the job gains were concentrated in just a few sectors.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

It also overstates the importance of rare geniuses, such as Watt and Edison.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

Meanwhile, some in the AI industry have suggested the fears around it destroying humanity are overstated or may be designed to generate hype.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Criminal justice policy researchers have found that the proposed economic benefits of prisons to small, rural communities were probably overstated to begin with.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

Struyven acknowledges some of the more alarmist calls on oil are probably overstated.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The economists caution that this doesn’t necessarily mean the BLS has solved its problems, and that the risk remains that job growth since last March is being overstated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The heroic status of Aldus Manutius the Elder among historians of the printed word cannot be overstated.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

Her sixth album, Brat, was the sort of record you could genuinely call era-defining, without being accused of overstating its significance.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

In the mid-1990s, with inflation falling to multidecade lows, he told Congress the consumer-price index, used to calculate Social Security checks and tax brackets, was overstating inflation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Attorneys for plaintiffs in the case say Hochman is vastly overstating the level of fraud and relying on databases with faulty information about who was incarcerated in county custody as a juvenile.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026

At the same time, she cautioned against overstating the gender differences.

From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026

Tuve’s indignation revived Lawrence’s defensiveness: “It would seem,” Ernest replied, “that you are overstating things a bit with the remark that you are unable to check a single one of our observations.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik