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ChatGPT developer OpenAI pointed to its published approach, which says its models default to an objective point of view and “should never avoid addressing a topic solely because it is sensitive or controversial.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I've lost so many years of my life to this, to the point where I was in hospital," she said.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
From their vantage point on Calton Hill the eclipse took place right above the Edinburgh skyline.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the national market remains stagnant, a shift is underway in many local real-estate markets, signifying a major turning point in the housing market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
“It was you, there’s no point in stalling or trying to deny it!”
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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The analyst points to Life360’s new Apple Watch app, hardware partnerships and the relaunch of its pet tracker as reasons to be optimistic about user growth through the remainder of 2026.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
From vantage points to pub gardens and homes, here's how you viewed the once-in-a-generation solar eclipse.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Artificial Analysis, one of several groups that compares and ranks AI models, said Grok 4.6 scored five points higher on its “Intelligence Index” than Grok 4.5.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
"The epidemiology of the site strongly points toward a non-venereal form of treponemal disease," Dr. Vlok said.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
He had circled it himself, in red, with exclamation points, because it was the last day of school for the year.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
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Tan described new memory architectures as one of his “pet projects” and pointed to tighter CPU-memory integration as a key area of focus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
As the late, great economist Hyman Minsky pointed out, booms pretty much always lead to bubbles, which in turn lead to crashes, because of human nature.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
The zoo is seeing challenges to its national accreditation after federal regulators spotted rust and and peeling paint in some of its exhibits, and pointed out “critical” funding and staffing shortages.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
"One of the conditions for keeping the licence is to actively explore the area," Pram Gad pointed out, while noting that "the company is under pressure", as it is not active currently.
From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026
But in the moment of the conversation my pointed questions had flown out of my head and they were replaced instead by grief and confusion.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
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Eli Lilly LLY -1.37%decrease; down pointing triangle has filed six new lawsuits against U.S. entities that it alleges are selling a version of the company’s investigational weight-loss drug on the black market.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Astronomers also advise against pointing an unfiltered smartphone or digital camera directly at the sun because the intense light could damage the camera sensor.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
Szczurowski cited Bloomberg data when pointing out that foreign ownership of U.S.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 2026
Discovery WBD 2.14%increase; up pointing triangle for $81 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
I imagined the guard turning around, pointing a scornful finger: “Edema! Send her back to camp!”
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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