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

The inner workings of cartels are intentionally opaque to the outside world.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

The inner workings of the duck are unknown, despite various attempts to construct replicas.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton