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[daun-lohd] / ˈdaʊnˌloʊd /


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Open-weight models, which anyone can download and run on his own hardware and strip of their safety controls, trail the closed frontier by mere months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

So-called open AI models, which anyone can download and modify, are close behind closed models such as Claude or ChatGPT, which are available only through their owners' paid services.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

But two critical flaws were found with the system that led to the emergency response, with national cyber-security authorities urging IT teams to download a security fix urgently or take websites and servers offline.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The hotel nicely let me use their Wi-Fi to download it, but even that didn’t work.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Every time I turned my e-mail program on, I faced hundreds of messages from kids, students, former students, parents, and teachers stacked in vast queues; it took hours just to download the mail.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Muse has reached 10 million downloads in just over a month since it was launched.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

These giant, warehouse-like buildings power virtually all our internet activity, from our web searches and emails to movie downloads and online banking.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026

Younger audiophiles revived the medium from the dead starting in 2008 for many reasons, the simplest being that digital downloads don’t include eye-popping cover art.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

Muse has amassed nearly nine million global downloads since its release.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

On her lunch break, Irene downloads the Nirvana album for herself.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Chinese open-weight AI models, which can be downloaded free and partially modified, are also drawing the attention of European companies including Orange, Renault, Revolut and Siemens.

From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026

He downloaded tide apps, readied himself with sandbags and felt prepared for this week’s return.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

More than 10 million people in the U.S. and Canada have downloaded the Muse app, Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on the company’s earnings call Wednesday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

While DeepSeek's free chatbot app is one of the most downloaded apps in the Apple App Store rankings, its AI models are also used by US tech companies.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

“She must’ve found them on Dad’s camera and downloaded them before I deleted them all.”

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Last week, the attorney general pitched a new bill that would include required age determination and parental consent for minors downloading apps.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

"It's always nerve-wracking when you're meeting new people," the 28-year-old admits before downloading an app that will match her to other daters based on their star signs.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Word of warning: It’s not worth writing a will on the cheap or downloading one from the Internet.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Hundreds of thousands responded by downloading the app; by Monday, MapQuest had climbed to No. 1 among navigation apps in Apple’s U.S.

From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026

I think instead of downloading the Elliott Smith songs you mentioned, I'll just drop a hint to my dad that I want a couple of his albums for Hotel Hanukkah.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli


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