programmed
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Each one contains their person's medical needs and individual calendar and is programmed to tell users when it's time to eat or play bingo or watch their favourite television show.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Godrich notes proudly that “the way the record was made was completely mechanical,” meaning nothing was programmed on a computer but instead recorded “live on the fly” using older equipment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
They did what humans programmed them to do.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Unlike the 2019 GPT-2 paper, this fearmongering has broken through in a remarkable way, prompting the public to panic over stories about programmed “agents” from the aforementioned firms hacking into other companies’ infrastructure.
From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026
And although her nanites could be programmed to speed up her metabolism, her mother wouldn’t hear of it.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
