alert
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Instead, the programs frequently alert companies before inspectors show up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
In a sign of the near-constant threat the city now faces, an air raid alert rang out as Klitschko was speaking to AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026
It was only older ChatGPT accounts with "weeks of accumulated conversation history on sensitive topics" that would result in a parental alert.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
“We have continued to maintain, as a country, a high level of alert for Ebola since the outbreak began in May,” Duale said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The gunman, alert, looks up, his jaw tightening, and mirrors the man’s stare.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
Residents across the city said they heard at least five huge booms Thursday morning but received no alerts or warnings on their phones from authorities.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
After receiving the onboard alerts from EP, Li quickly began the initial analysis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
After dangerous discussions that went as long as an hour, only a handful of alerts were sent to the accounts registered as the users’ parents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
She said the Israeli embassy had "face various security alerts in recent times" and security measures were in place to "ensure the site and the wider community is kept as safe as possible".
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Me and Carlos had this stupid joke that whenever we were going to a party, we would set our text message alerts to a crazy sound effect.
From "All American Boys" by Jason Reynolds
The artificial-intelligence giant alerted Philadelphia police two months after one of its models submitted the false information.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026
Anthropic has previously alerted police departments to more substantive information about potential risks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
The company alerted the department on October 7, and the two sides met the following day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026
The US did not give a reason for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident on 27 September when police were alerted to three "suspicious vehicles" near the airbase in Gloucestershire.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
“They would have alerted you, but we gleaned them,” one of the other scythes said—a woman in green with PanAsian leanings.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Hospital managers have apologised for the significant delays in alerting police about Letby, the paper reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman apologized to the people of Tumbler Ridge in April for not alerting police to the suspect’s activity on ChatGPT.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
Activists have been building maps alerting people where the cameras are.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
As a result, cells displayed fewer signals capable of alerting T cells to cancer-related or viral proteins.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026
He could pick from the list without alerting them to the depth of his knowledge.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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