emergent
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Meta evidently is continuing to allocate capital to back its AI ambitions as the emergent technology dominates much of the conversation around the hyperscaler.
From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026
“To frame the discussion, 25 to 30 years ago, the key emergent risk was corporate credit risk,” he said, noting out that the U.S. federal government “actually ran some surpluses then.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 27, 2026
Each emergent media platform is a delivery system for fresh makeover narratives.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026
Are these systems displaying emergent signs of consciousness?
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
He leaned toward them and said, “In object-oriented programming, discrete software objects interfaced more freely, in a system of corporate service provision that mirrored the emergent structures of late capitalism.”
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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