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[op-uh-reyt] / ˈɒp əˌreɪt /




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While AI can sometimes mimic human behavior, its ability to maintain attention appears to operate very differently from the way people do.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Last year, those businesses sued after the Inglewood City Council approved an exclusive contract with WOW Media to build and operate more than 100 digital billboards along some of the city’s busiest streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

While Apple is working with Google and Nvidia, it also reiterated that much of its AI will operate directly on its devices, which could limit the amount of external infrastructure it needs.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Perhaps the biggest challenge, and one faced by all companies building humanoid robots, is developing artificial intelligence that can operate in the real world and cope with unpredictable and complicated situations.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Although Dad made his living by redesigning complicated machinery, so as to reduce the number of human motions required to operate it, he never really understood the mechanical intricacies of our automobile.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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