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outsmart

[aut-smahrt] / ˌaʊtˈsmɑrt /


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An A.I. that can refine its own code—what experts call recursive self-improvement—could also outsmart human efforts to control it.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026

It is the size of a pin head – yet in many ways - more efficient than a supercomputer and able to outsmart the smartest AI.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

We also delve into the divorce memoir sending women to their financial advisers, how to outsmart AI productivity trackers and the sleepy Portuguese beach town that might not stay that way for long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026

Grace and Faith must work together, using their namesake virtues to outsmart the scoundrels and stay alive, and to say it’s far less effective than it was seven years ago is an understatement.

From Salon ● Mar. 29, 2026

One INS officer’s only job is to move the sensors to outsmart smugglers who try to plot their locations.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

“Maybe that’s post-AGI, once we’ve achieved the mission,” he said, referring to the moment when AI outsmarts humans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Like “Red Eye,” “Drop” is a brisk and breathtaking thriller where the woman outsmarts her persecutor at every turn, despite her past traumas.

From Salon ● Apr. 12, 2025

Napoleon outsmarts the Austrian army in 1805 by luring fighters onto a snow-covered frozen lake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024

He outsmarts his brother James to escape his indenture, but then arrives in Philadelphia with barely enough money to feed himself.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2022

He’s a drop-back passer with underrated pocket mobility, perfect mechanics and he simply outsmarts everyone else on the field.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2018

Italian banker Andrea Orcel did something few thought possible: He outsmarted the Germans on their home turf.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Seventy unforced errors flew from Sabalenka's racquet as she was outsmarted by Coco Gauff on a windy Paris evening.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

It’s a macroeconomic version of the pain described by the Moneyist reader, and others like him, who believe that they are being outsmarted and out-earned by their neighbors at every turn.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025

Riley has already outsmarted Kelly before, and this time, I anticipate he’ll have the entire kitchen sink ready to throw at him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022

Olka outsmarted impossible until she graduated from high school.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

A wave of corporate warnings and technical disclosures has flooded the media, with headlines worrying over “swarms” of rogue artificial-intelligence agents launching “unprecedented” cyberattacks, outsmarting their makers, and inching toward a terrifying autonomy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

Players instead rely on solving puzzles, outsmarting systems, overcoming obstacles, teamwork and athleticism.

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

Former clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula has written three books on the subject and has 2 million YouTube subscribers who tune in for videos on outsmarting and abandoning narcissists.

From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2025

"Dumb Money" depicts working class people outsmarting some of the richest financial minds and companies in the country.

From Salon ● Dec. 1, 2023

She blinks a few times, clearly outsmarting me.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett




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