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[ver-uh-fahy] / ˈvɛr əˌfaɪ /


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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman last month proposed “a U.S.-led international forum” to determine standards and provide governance over labs, while Anthropic endorsed a global agreement to slow development and verify compliance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

Amanuel also said that the strikes hit a high school, which AFP was unable to independently verify.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

The tests were designed to verify that the company's sensors remain accurate across the temperature extremes they could encounter during descent to the lunar surface.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

We wanted to verify that this number really was Luka's.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

Some decided to act quickly to save themselves and their families, not stopping to verify what they’d heard on the radio.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow

GeoConfirmed, a volunteer-driven open-source intelligence project that verifies visuals from conflicts around the globe, also urged Google to reconsider.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Local elections officials say you can save time checking in at the vote center by scanning your “quick check-in code,” which verifies your voter registration.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 1, 2026

The lived experience verifies the theoretical, and the theoretical gives those with lived experience tools to understand their own lives.

From Slate May 27, 2026

The AI agent, integrated into IBM’s security network, automatically verifies the employee’s identity, pulls the required data from the HR system and sends the letter.

From The Wall Street Journal May 5, 2026

The percept here not only verifies the concept, proves its function of knowing that percept to be true, but the percept’s existence as the terminus of the chain of intermediaries creates the function.

From Essays in Radical Empiricism by William James

By 10 August verified videos show large amounts of oil washing up on shores of Qeshm Island, along with an ongoing clean-up operation.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Both included the statement “Outcome verified from FlightAware.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

The claim has not yet been independently verified.

From Barron's Aug. 9, 2026

The agreement can hold only if compliance on both sides is independently verified and a political road map is in place — not just promises.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

TREISMAN’S work verified the limits of the attention filter.

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

Amazon Pharmacy manages the entire process, including verifying eligibility, handling prior authorizations, and initiating enrollment, once a clinician submits an electronic GLP-1 prescription, the company said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

On the one hand, the types of technologies that have exploded since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 can automate tasks like editing grammar or verifying facts and figures.

From MarketWatch Jul. 17, 2026

For platforms, the challenge is verifying identities, policing boundaries, and making sure a market built around emotional intimacy doesn’t become a regulatory liability.

From Barron's Jun. 19, 2026

If you forgot the hard copies, you can retrieve the code by verifying your voter registration here.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 2, 2026

At 5:48 the cop smiles after verifying Dad’s identity on Google, and says, You “Da Man”! At 5:50 Dad autographs a Krispy Kreme napkin for the officer and gets a warning for his broken taillight.

From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander




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