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The researchers had previously studied this effect in controlled experiments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026

How much of the F1 car today is controlled by computers/AI?

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

In the wake of those killings, President Nayib Bukele, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, declared a "war" on gangs, which he said controlled 80 percent of Salvadoran territory.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

Whoever controlled wireless communication on railroads would help determine the future of transit itself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

The Nightbeast was being controlled, much like the Dimblewits had been, and the first attack on Thorn’s brother, Petal, and indeed every attack after, had not been of its own free will.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega