backbone

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On Friday, John Jumper, a senior research scientist and Nobel Prize winner, said he was leaving Google DeepMind, Alphabet’s AI backbone, for Anthropic.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Memory chips are the storage and processing backbone of virtually every electronic device, from smartphones to the AI data centers now consuming those chips at record rates.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

“Volunteers are the backbone of the Games,” LA28 chief executive officer Reynold Hoover said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

Mr. Powell vigorously defended the central bank’s independence, displaying a backbone that members of the congressional majority can only envy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 14, 2026

What she needed, Briony told herself yet again, was backbone.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan