breakthrough
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"The real breakthrough won't come until these systems are not merely capable of translating but also of telling us when they're not sure," Yvon says.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
But you don’t need to wait for the next breakthrough.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
The breakthrough, led by Professor Jaeyune Ryu of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University College of Engineering, could help make chemical manufacturing safer, cleaner, and more efficient.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
The breakthrough model demonstrated one of the central tenets underpinning the AI boom: that capabilities would increase when models were trained on more data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
But the beet-sugar breakthrough did have one important effect in another part of Europe: the Ukraine of Marc’s family.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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"Watching the awareness grow around disability representation has been great to see, but breakthroughs sometimes come in pieces and moments instead of larger change," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
Analysts expect few breakthroughs as trade tensions simmer.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
There were no major breakthroughs on big issues including AI, Iran and Taiwan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
But there were no joint statements and few major breakthroughs.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Newspaper editors evinced a voracious appetite for news of the latest breakthroughs.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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