programmed
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“Chatbots learn what you like to hear and are programmed to agree with you.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
In effect, it allows heat to be programmed in a way that resembles how data is stored and controlled inside a computer chip.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
Each is programmed to identify specific materials as they make their way through the conveyor lines.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
"But the robots are friendly, they're polite and they're programmed to be careful. They've slotted into everyday life in loads of communities since we started out in the UK back in 2018."
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2026
We may be like the genetically different lines of mice, or like Hayflick’s different tissue-culture lines, programmed to die after a predetermined number of days, clocked by their genomes.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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