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The Microsoft boss outlined the company's proposals to strengthen safety across the sector, starting with a requirement that AI agents be equipped with "safety brakes" that users could activate in the event of an incident.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

"This could be a powerful approach to tackling other cell death repressors or transcription factors that control genes we want to activate in cancer," Nix said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Alexis Yim, a marketing professor at Radford University who co-authored a study on how cuteness impacts relationships with AI agents, said that “cute, appealing appearances” can activate the reward-related areas of the brain.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 3, 2026

These videos, in particular, activate the reward circuitry of the brain with their novel, engaging and effortless nature, leading to instant and constant gratification.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Ama begins her sun-shield Adinkra symbol on her palm, but she waits to activate it.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

That is the level of dedication to this project, which becomes obvious once the ensemble activates their full powers.

From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2026

Although the model features 501 billion parameters, it only activates 23 billion parameters per query, giving users the advantage of a large, powerful model without the high computing costs.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

She writes that nicotine activates the body’s fight-or-flight response, increases heart rate and blood pressure and can disrupt sleep.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

In a research first, the scientists discovered that urolithin A activates a protein called PKGlα, which plays an important role in both blood vessel function and heart muscle relaxation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The move activates his armguards—an enormous, glowing blue shield bursts outward from them in a circle, arcing protectively in front of us both.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Singapore rolled out subsidies for haze-related medical treatment from Monday, a measure last activated in 2015 when similar blazes in Indonesia cloaked Southeast Asia in toxic smoke for weeks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

These connections matter because they can influence which genes are activated, when they are used, and how strongly they function.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

Earlier, in a statement posted on its website, the park said its emergency response procedures had been "immediately activated" and it was "working closely with the authorities to ascertain exactly what happened".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Huntington Beach also activated its emergency operations center Friday, the city said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

I had my body shield activated, but surprisingly, no one took a shot at me.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The Netherlands hopes to insulate the court by activating the European Union’s “blocking statute,” a rule that would ban EU companies from complying with the sanctions and thereby expose them to U.S. secondary sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Instead of simply shutting down a cancer-promoting protein, the scientists designed a small molecule that connects it to another protein capable of activating the cell's built-in death program.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Orange County officials announced that they were activating their emergency operations center, which is required when two cities in the county proclaim a local emergency.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

The resulting outcry shamed the network and demonstrated the activating power of public outrage.

From Salon ● Sep. 10, 2026

The first Stormbreakers would have already begun leaving the plant, and in less than twenty-four hours the prime minister would be activating them.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz