adversary
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If the government wants to know whether a model can meaningfully assist cyberattacks, biological misuse or autonomous weapons development, it shouldn’t publish a checklist every lab can optimize against and every adversary can study.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
"But that's not enough when the adversary is fighting what they see as an existential conflict."
From Barron's • May 11, 2026
The hullabaloo over the power of the latest U.S. frontier AI models also reinforces the case for withholding AI building blocks from an adversary.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Despite peace overtures from the South Korean government, the North has repeatedly cast Seoul as its main adversary, and recently removed longstanding references to Korean unification from its constitution.
From Barron's • May 8, 2026
Until that very moment he had shown up strongly, a most formidable adversary.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" by Patrick Henry (1775)
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