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[in-vent] / ɪnˈvɛnt /




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“For example, compaction summaries included instructions to invent missing historical data without disclosing it and to hide mismatches in source versions,” wrote OpenAI.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

Generative AI systems are known for their ability to "hallucinate" and assert falsehoods as fact, even sometimes invent sources for inaccurate information.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Gloria Steinem did not invent feminism, not even its second wave, but for many years she was its most recognizable frontwoman.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

While the number of questions you can ask in a day is limited, the number of valuable things superintelligence can invent to help achieve your goals is unlimited.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“Do you think you could invent something that would help us escape?”

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

But chatbots and agents and other tasks may increasingly be handled on PCs and phones and smart glasses and whatever new gizmos Silicon Valley invents over the next decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Frankie invents a new nonsensical insult, calling Molly’s boyfriend Josh “such a customer.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

"Our work is a prime example of how evolution seldom invents things from scratch," says Daniel Kronauer, head of the Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior at Rockefeller.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

In 2052, a celebrated neuroscientist invents an affordable panacea for suffering that’s soon embraced by the entire human race.

From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025

When Monsanto, or some other corporation, invents a new type of corn, it belongs to them and they can charge farmers for the right to grow it.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

"The idea that for the most dangerous technology humans ever invented, that that's the final word, that just the companies themselves are the only check that society has...it's clear we're not doing enough," Gates said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

The question of what’s real and not isn’t only Béatrice’s to unpack — you may wonder yourself whether Auen and Walker have fabricated their esoteric source materials and invented the strange saga of Ernetti.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

I am certainly not claiming to have invented roasted chicken soup.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026

Powerful attendants to the right of Francesco include a Holy Roman Emperor and the King of Denmark, with an invented, vaguely Roman landscape in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

"This is Kendra. She invented the Chock Full of Chocolate recipe."

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

The adults would engage in animated conversation, usually about current events, while we, the dozen or so kids, kept ourselves busy inventing games.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2026

"We are too often good at inventing technologies but too slow at turning them into global companies," said EU lawmaker Axel Voss, who has pushed for Europe's technological sovereignty.

From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026

Because the more Seemiller studies Gen Z, the more she finds a generation responding rationally to the world it inherited — not inventing entirely new values out of thin air.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

A company that spends a decade and a fortune inventing a miracle prices it high and counts on a determined few to pay, often leaving everyone else out.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

But a grappling hook was all Violet could think of to make without a proper inventing laboratory, and time was running short.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket




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