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As Camilla Chan, founder of the cyber-security firm X-Phy, puts it: "The future of autonomous AI cannot rest on companies discovering their own failures and reporting it afterwards."
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
They rest on small folding tables, they’re affixed to the columns and palm trees that flank her front door.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
“Our priority is ensuring Kalshi’s settlements rest on objective, scientifically validated atmospheric data,” said James Belanger, vice president of meteorology at the Weather Co.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He went over to the BMW which had come to rest on the opposite carriageway.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
A path of broken rectangles and rhombi spilled crazily down the stairs, coming to rest on the heads of the wooden monkeys at the base.
From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett
