machine
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Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, wrote that his company’s large language model Claude had found “a molecular machine that we suspect could represent a new gene editing mechanism.”
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026
"My card machine, for example, some days it can go down completely and not everybody carries cash," said Bella.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Rapid improvements in artificial intelligence, what’s more, have encouraged companies to see if they can replace some jobs with machine learning or automation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
One robotic machine, the largest of its kind RTX says it has built, puts missile pieces through a battery of tests against heat, cold and other extreme conditions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
Some of the people he warned away were Herdmans—Imogene and Ralph and Leroy, on their way back with fifty cents for the washing machine.
From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson
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The sets have too many doors, the scenes have a delirious number of extras and the actors yell their lines over the distracting clatter of crackling fireplaces, beeping machines and ticking clocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
"This is a problem that I think we need to sit down and talk about," added Pope Leo, who has previously warned about "losing our humanity" to machines.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Against that dystopian backdrop, goofball mechanical athletes may be doing something far more valuable for their creators than outpacing our greatest sporting achievements: They’re making machines relatable.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
That has managers leaning on consultants and AI bots to adjust their delivery, with bosses role-playing with machines just to learn how to tell a junior employee, “Let’s connect.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
He searched under the worktable and behind the tool chest and between all the bulky workshop machines.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
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The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Still, in our endless chase of machined refinement, I think we’re missing the value of human irregularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
The material bonds to copper using only heat and pressure, and its components can be machined with widely available equipment.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
“The foundation of the sound capture is still better than anything else that you would find today. The products that were put into use and the way that it was machined … it’s unmatched.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
Two days before Christmas 1937, a load of 196 tons of steel was delivered to the Moore Dry Dock Company on the Oakland waterfront, to be machined into the Crocker Cracker’s huge magnet.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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This matters for Proxima which uses a very expensive type of steel in its magnets, which needs machining to a high level accuracy.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026
According to a biography of Woods published in 1887, he attended school until about the age of 10, learning basic reading, writing and arithmetic, before leaving to apprentice in blacksmithing and machining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026
“Our 737 program is performing rework on a group of airplanes to fix wires that have small scratches due to a machining error,” a Boeing spokesperson said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
Patterson argued that the court should allow ATF to regulate only firearms that have been completed with “critical machining operations.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2024
“So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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