inner workings

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This has been partly driven by DeepSeek's decision to make its systems open source, with their inner workings public -- in contrast to the proprietary models sold by OpenAI and other Western rivals.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

As a result, the crisis "has thrown a proverbial wrench into the inner workings of the aviation fuel markets", the IEA said.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

The inner workings of frontier artificial-intelligence models from Google, OpenAI, Anthropic and their competitors are trade secrets worth billions of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But one need not know the inner workings of RPGs, tarot or Middle-earth to feel at home in the Witch’s Cottage.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

Its shell was so pale that she could see the mess of the inner workings.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt