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Such a situation could lead to “hundreds of billions of dollars in damage” and “the scale of damage would continue to increase from there if AI becomes more powerful without the necessary guardrails.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 12, 2026
It occurs when a side effect caused by one medication is interpreted as a separate health problem, leading to another prescription that may not have been necessary.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Taken together, a future advanced AI could theoretically view wiping out humans as a necessary means to an end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has told police chiefs that lessons must be learned from how they handled last weekend's anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth - saying she expects officers to use all powers necessary.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
By protecting thepanda—and, by necessary extension, its habitat—conservationists are also indirectly protecting the many other species that share the panda’s ecosystem, that are under its “umbrella.”
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
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Latinos are necessaries for the North American community.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2025
Meanwhile, lingering inflation has still been high enough to hold back spending by consumers who had to set more money aside for necessaries like food and utility bills.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023
I’ve promised myself “Little Dorrit” this year and some other unopened necessaries.
From New York Times ● Oct. 1, 2020
“In the last years of her life, before Congress purchased her husband’s papers, she was in a state of absolute poverty, and I think sometimes suffered for the necessaries of life,” Jennings wrote.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 7, 2018
Quiet quiet to escape discovery I gather my few necessaries in a morral, a bag, including the tortillas and fresh chones, underwear.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
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