inferred

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That case, the company said, “related to an engineer following inaccurate advice that an AI tool inferred from an outdated internal wiki,” and none involved “AI-written code.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

The assessment estimates a measured and indicated resource of 49.6 billion tons, with an inferred resource of 86 billion tons, in a relatively narrow portion of the company’s main property in Saskatchewan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026

Even if the meaning is inferred, it’s effective.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

Whether the markets were surprised, confused, or simply unperturbed can’t be inferred definitively.

From Barron's • Jan. 16, 2026

The usual reasoning is instead circular: because technological differences exist, the existence of corresponding ideological differences is inferred.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond