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Myra Cheng, the study’s lead author and a computer-science PhD candidate at Stanford University, said that “by default, AI advice does not tell people that they’re wrong.”
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
It said if it couldn’t make the payment by that date, it would go into default on its loans, potentially resulting in a bankruptcy filing.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Although individual studies often pointed to different brain locations, the findings appeared to map onto a shared functional brain network involving the default mode network and subcortical regions.
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
The company completed the rollout on Facebook Messenger in 2023 and later made the feature optional on Instagram with plans to make it default.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Thus far Lippmann’s giant bet had been subsidized by investors, like Steve Eisman, who paid him a toll when they bought and sold credit default swaps, but investors like Steve Eisman were losing heart.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Vocabulary lists containing default
Figurative Language in King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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The Great Depression and The New Deal
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