state of the art

Mr Pichai said Alphabet will develop "state of the art" research work in the UK including at its key AI unit DeepMind, based in London.

"Our results are really pushing the state of the art," she said.

“Now we can refocus our efforts on surging controller hiring and building the brand new, state of the art air-traffic control system the American people deserve,” Duffy said.

The skatepark - which at the time was considered state of the art - opened in May 1978 and featured bowls, a slalom run and a half-pipe, all with names like Jaws, Torpedo and Bazooka.

Beautiful as it is, it's hard to imagine that this elderly machine was ever state of the art.