refine

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

Whitman will serve as an operations and strategic adviser to Chief Executive Susan Morris to help refine the company’s long-term strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

The mission's four spacecraft will share tracking information with one another and use those combined observations to refine their positions collectively.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026

In Twitch's own FAQs about AI training, it said a person's audio might be used to "refine models that create speech to text".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

The definition would refine itself over the years.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

The creative team then reviews and refines multiple AI-generated versions of a scene before deciding which expressions and line readings best serve the story.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026

It mines bauxite, the raw material for aluminum, refines it into alumina powder, and operates smelters that turn alumina to finished aluminum.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

China mines about 70% and refines 90% of the world’s rare earths, which are used in electronics, cars, medical imaging, missiles, fighter jets and more.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 2, 2026

Edwin Chen, whose 6-year-old business Surge AI refines AI models, is the wealthiest of the new class of AI billionaires, worth about $18 billion.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 10, 2026

A race builds itself for a million years, refines itself, erects cities like those out there, does everything it can to give itself respect and beauty, and then it dies.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury

While Starship is needed to unlock a lot of the company’s potential, the vehicle is still being refined.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

Traders and merchants have been sending large volumes of refined copper into the U.S., where prices have traded at a premium amid the prospect of new import duties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Still, the refined copper market remains in surplus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Part of the money raised will fund a further expansion of the refinery as Dangote seeks to increase its capacity and strengthen its position as a major supplier of refined petroleum products.

From Barron's ● Sep. 7, 2026

But every time I ask it, the question is refined.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

In July, the mega-refinery secured $2.5 billion in investment from private investors to fund its expansion plans as it widens its refining business to east Africa.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

The price of petrol and diesel is also heavily influenced by demand and refining capacity.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Auers estimates oil companies have room to add 400,000 barrels a day of refining capacity by expanding their facilities in Texas, Louisiana and other Gulf Coast states over the next 20 years.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

“We are removing layers, simplifying team structures, refining our global location strategy, and focusing our people and investments against the biggest opportunities ahead of us,” Khosrowshahi said in his letter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

In another experiment aimed at refining the answers, Dr. Atchley is working with scientists at the Imaging Center in Kansas City.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel