attributing

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On Tuesday, CEO Brian Armstrong announced that the company would cut about 14% of its workforce, attributing at least some of the cuts to artificial intelligence.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins reported on air that the armed suspect was killed by the Secret Service, attributing it to security for Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Associated Press guidelines, which discourage attributing human emotions or traits to AI, could be influencing how journalists write about these technologies.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026

But the bank quickly retracted it and apologized for the idea, with its research analysts later attributing the continuing downturn to “media attention.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

He had a habit of attributing all of Bunny’s faults indirectly to her—his laziness, his bad humors, his lapses of taste.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt