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[gleen] / glin /


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You always want your work to have impact, you want it to have meaning, you want people to glean something from it that’s relevant to their own lives.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

Through these former employees and their access to "sensitive projects, trusted partner relationships, proprietary manufacturing techniques, and unreleased products," Apple claims OpenAI has been able to glean details of its product plans and operations.

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

As you might glean, that question is rhetorical.

From Salon Jul. 10, 2026

Under the partnership, several thousand workers in some of Bosch's 350 facilities worldwide will wear sensor suits to glean training data for Neura robots.

From Barron's Jun. 10, 2026

I think it’s also wise that we are allowed to glean ourselves.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

And, who gets to monetize the insights that AI gleans?

From Barron's Nov. 26, 2025

Although his aunt and uncle make him spend most of his days reading, when he isn't bench-pressing the car in their yard, Cootie gleans some hints about how life works through TV.

From Salon Jun. 24, 2023

He also writes the newsletter “Humans Being,” which gleans life lessons from movies, books and television, for The Atlantic.

From New York Times Apr. 22, 2022

Commissioner Danielle Outlaw added that she will be “leaning on what the investigation gleans to answer unanswered questions.”

From Washington Times Oct. 28, 2020

“What if another scythe gleans her during the off years?”

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

They also fill dating apps’ biggest blind spot—information gleaned from an actual date.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Many of the lessons Trey gleaned from the stars at dad’s work — first with the Angels and then, the last eight years, the Dodgers — came from observing.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Doctors can be dismissive of the information gleaned from an Apple Watch, and putting that data into electronic medical records is cumbersome when it is possible.

From MarketWatch May 28, 2026

Courts have also punished corporate outsiders who gleaned lucrative information from insiders.

From The Wall Street Journal May 17, 2026

Regardless, there was a great deal of information to be gleaned from this Brown/Kennedy collaboration.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

Downstairs in the basement, a team of covert listeners followed their chatter, gleaning vital insights into Germany's war plans.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Despite being in charge of several enormous companies, Musk regularly wades into ostensibly local disputes, not just in Belfast but across Europe, apparently gleaning much of his knowledge from people he follows on X.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

Ultimately, gleaning what is happening in the brain could change anesthesia, helping it to be redesigned or personalized to more closely resemble natural sleep rather than a coma-like one, Helfrich said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 3, 2026

The skeptics in my life believe L’Belle-Tividad may just be really good at collecting information about people, gleaning details from other readings and our demographic data.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 8, 2025

Citra’s days were filled with training and gleaning.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman




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