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detection

[dih-tek-shuhn] / dɪˈtɛk ʃən /


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Roblox, along with Valve, were noted in the report as using only internal datasets to train language detection systems and for not regularly retraining these models.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In those fish, the organ can contribute to the detection of sound pressure.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026

AFP ran excerpts through other AI detection tools and came up with a variety of results -- from it being "very likely" to have been written by a human to "100 percent" AI generated.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Jacinta McCool, whose message of early detection of breast or cervical cancer leads to better cure rates, said it was important to raise that awareness.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

“Which is why we must work quickly. As it is, I’m hoping we can avoid detection long enough to launch our investigation.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Rabid-bat detections vary from year to year, but Los Angeles County has seen a steady upward trend in the number of rabid bats for more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Company managers omitted some elevated chemical readings from testing reports, Dixon said, and they told workers who produced too many detections they would be sent home.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

A spokesperson for California’s Dept. of Pesticide Regulation, which oversees pesticide use, said the EWG report looked at detections of the PFAS, but the state “looks at how the detections compare to federal tolerance levels.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

Although the survey produced millions of potential detections, none survived all of the filtering steps.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

One game was a paper with lines in all detections and lots of boxs.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes




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