autonomous
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Defence Secretary John Healey has said that British military planners had been deployed to US military headquarters, and that a Navy ship could be used to launch autonomous drones to clear mines from the Strait.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
The dispute erupted in February after Anthropic infuriated Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth by insisting its technology should not be used for mass surveillance or fully autonomous weapons systems.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
Tesla is now focused on making models that would be autonomous but offer an option for human drivers, according to Reuters.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Anthropic had sought assurances that its models wouldn’t be used in fully autonomous weapons or for domestic surveillance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
The whole dear notion of one’s own Self—marvelous old free-willed, free-enterprising, autonomous, independent, isolated island of a Self—is a myth.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing autonomous
To Thine Own Self Be True: Auto
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