unintended
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Tech stocks sparked the selloff earlier this week as fledgling fears over the unintended consequences of AI turned into a full-fledged panic about the future of the software industry.
From Barron's
The aim, it said, was "to avoid miscalculation and to provide a means for avoiding unintended escalation by either side".
From BBC
Constable’s oil sketches, most unintended for public consumption, could be just as large and daring, and were prized for their extraordinarily loose paint-handling, transient atmospheric effects and true-to-nature palettes, the fruit of his plein-air practice.
It’s also had an unintended effect: Plenty of users, whether they realize it or not, are now channeling Michael Ovitz, the superagent who once enlisted a small army of assistants to filter calls.
In a policy document, the housing department said the delays were an "unintended consequence" of the post-Grenfell safety regime, and risked undermining the government's gigabit-capable broadband targets.
From BBC
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