be evil
Example Sentences
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Originally, long before the current surge of interest in the ethics of AI, Google's founders, Sergei Brin and Larry Page, said their motto for the firm was "don't be evil".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2025
“Google’s motto used to be ‘Don’t be evil.’
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2022
Throughout, Loftus gives a gripping performance as a woman desperate to make a good impression on a family that may be evil.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022
Skeptics were quick to dismiss these safeguards as just another, more convoluted version of ‘‘Don’t be evil.’’
From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2022
“You want him to be evil, is that it?”
From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan
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