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precedent

[pres-i-duhnt, pri-seed-nt, pres-i-duhnt] / ˈprɛs ɪ dənt, prɪˈsid nt, ˈprɛs ɪ dənt /


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They are the biological precedent for the only kind of AI alignment that will hold as systems grow more powerful.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is no precedent for changing a regime or winning a war against a well-armed adversary simply by using air power.

From BBC

Anthropic has vowed to challenge the supply chain risk designation in court, calling it a "dangerous precedent for any American company that negotiates with the government."

From Barron's

Live Nation also says it doesn’t have to share its amphitheaters with rival promoters, citing Supreme Court precedent that lets companies protect their intellectual and physical property from rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Saturday, he added that the Department of Defense turned out “to be flexible on what we needed” but that the effective blacklisting of Anthropic sets an “extremely scary precedent.”

From MarketWatch