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tinkering



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Researchers at Yardeni Research have recently been tinkering with an “AI bubble meter” built using Claude.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

She asked a couple who had been tinkering around for over half-an-hour if they wanted a hint to her mystery.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Instead of tinkering with these interventions, which are likely to create further problems and another layer of interventions, we should deal with the fundamental problem.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

But hey—they were going to keep tinkering with things.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

The place was full of tourists who were tinkering with their cameras, getting ready to shoot pictures of the sunset.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen


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