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In two videos Van Orden posted to X and “Made with Grok Imagine,” X’s proprietary AI tool, depict Cooke as an indignant red duck.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026
It comes as semiconductor stocks have had a banner year amid hyperscalers boosting their artificial-intelligence capital expenditure to quickly fund the buildout of the tool as the race to dominate in the industry fuels on.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
They said: "Used well, technology can be a powerful tool to support learners who need it and free up teachers to deliver the excellent education every child deserves."
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
Although the findings do not establish an effective Alzheimer's treatment, they offer a promising tool for guiding future laboratory studies.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
“Now, we all know what this is. This little tool is magical and can alter the past and erase your mistakes.”
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
“Broke, hopeless, searching, frightened,” he says now, “I was absolutely the perfect recruit. They promised me the tools to succeed. When you’re 21, 22 and you’re scrambling to succeed, that’s very appealing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
Pepe Di'Iasio, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, said education technology can provide schools with "very effective learning tools".
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
The analysts see management raising its guidance to over 90 tools for next year.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
In August, Meta launched Muse Code, a product intended to compete with similar automated coding tools offered by OpenAI and Anthropic.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
“These tools were built to last. Not like the cheap stuff they make today.”
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Even if Congress voted the funds tomorrow for 10,000 new interceptors, the metal and the gas would still have to be found, the workforce trained, and the production lines tooled.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
In return, Mexico offered to ship to Austria various objects from Maximilian’s ill-fated reign, including a gilded carriage in which he and his wife, Carlota, tooled around the capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Ukraine's factories have tooled up to make equipment to help keep the sappers safer.
From Reuters ● Aug. 3, 2023
The bank's agriculture relationship managers were being tooled up with advice on how to reduce emissions down on the farm, she said.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2023
“Last year, I dropped a guy off at the trailhead,” he told us as we tooled north through darkening pine forests towards the rugged hills of north Georgia.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The arrival of AGI, in his view, began last November with Anthropic’s Opus 4.5 and progressed with so-called tooling from Anthropic and other labs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Facing uncertain demand, industry has little incentive to invest in plant, tooling, suppliers or workers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
But he warns that if training becomes too narrow, apprentices can end up lacking a proper understanding of materials, methods, tooling, quality and process.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Yet the only reason he’s out here racking up steps by the hundreds on a recent morning is because he was tooling around in his sculpture studio before I arrived.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
A car's odometer comes from the factory set at 00000, though by the time the dealer’s done tooling around town, it’s probably got a few more miles on it.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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