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download

[doun-lohd] / ˈdaʊnˌloʊd /


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What this means is that well-versed techies can now download and modify this AI without approval from Meta.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Although the most capable open-weight models are technically available for anyone to download and run, prohibitive hardware costs force most users to go through managed hosting providers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

Glimmer is an open weight model, meaning users can download and modify the underlying rules that govern the AI system.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Cable internet providers such as Cox or Xfinity have cheaper plans in many regions, but upload and download speeds are not as fast as with fiber.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

Every time I turned my e-mail program on, I faced hundreds of messages from kids, students, former students, parents, and teachers stacked in vast queues; it took hours just to download the mail.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Market intelligence firm Sensor Tower said other Bird ID apps have also been used more - such as Birda, which it says has had 31% more downloads this year.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The FT’s article reports that the Chinese government discussed restricting the transfer of important data abroad and limiting the downloads of models by foreign users.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Other simultaneous downloads swept up episodes of “The Big Bang Theory” and “Ted Lasso” out of order, though a putative human user would probably have downloaded them sequentially.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

The podcast version, available on platforms including Apple and Spotify, has topped one billion downloads.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

The vials and collection tools would’ve intimidated me before the hundreds of years of downloads.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

OpenAI and Anthropic don’t allow their proprietary AI software to be downloaded and used.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2026

Zuckerberg said in an Instagram video Monday that his company would open the weights for its latest AI model, enabling it to be downloaded by the public.

From Barron's Aug. 10, 2026

Users who have downloaded his app include a strip club owner, a Buddhist monk and parents.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

Sean Harding downloaded Whatnot, a live-shopping app, after rekindling his childhood baseball-card collecting hobby.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Not trusting my instincts any further, I loaded up a piece of high-end avatar dance software called Travoltra, which I’d downloaded and tested earlier that evening.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Cloud gaming allows players to stream and play games online from a remote server using a phone, tablet or controller, rather than downloading and running it on a PC or console at home.

From BBC Jul. 23, 2026

It also argued that customers were in no way forced to use its products on Android and that downloading competing apps was just a tap away.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 2026

Williams, the mother of two, is merely the latest ultra-successful sports icon to decide that investor meetings, casual golf and downloading episodes of “Bluey” wasn’t how she wanted to spend her 40s.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 22, 2026

Meta, in its defense filings, says Strike 3 has offered no proof that Meta, as a corporation, was responsible for the downloading.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2026

Even as I continue downloading information, I find myself distracted as the spotlights sweep over each team, hardly able to believe that I’m in the same space as them.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu




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