instructed

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I instructed the AI to fix the economic logic, and it rewrote the software.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The idea runs back at least to the influential 18th-century English jurist William Blackstone, who instructed that “Acts of parliament derogatory from the power of subsequent parliaments bind not.”

From Slate • May 26, 2026

The city's governor then instructed the police to "implement the court decision", according to a statement from his office.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

Researchers found that when large language models, like ChatGPT or Claude, are instructed to debunk conspiracy theories, they often successfully change people’s minds.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

So that was it: Masvita’s first blood had shown, and she was going to stay with her father’s sister to be instructed in the secrets of womanhood.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer