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autonomously

[aw-ton-uh-muhs-lee]

adverb

  1. in a way that is self-governing or free of outside control; independently.

    The ideal candidate will be able to work autonomously and without supervision.

  2. with little or no human control or intervention.

    We have developed a service robot that operates autonomously, in concert with a network of devices in its environment.

  3. Biology.

    1. as an independent organism.

      Viruses, on the boundary between living and nonliving, cannot autonomously reproduce but require the biochemistry and structure of a host cell.

    2. naturally or spontaneously, without cultivation.

      They organized a work day to get rid of the plants growing wildly, autonomously, and unwantedly all around the building.



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Ukrainian troops already use AI-based software so that drones lock on a target and then fly autonomously for the last few hundred metres until the mission is over.

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WSJ: Your first commercial customer, Atlas Energy Solutions, now has eight trucks outfitted with Kodiak technology autonomously delivering sand in the Permian Basin in Texas.

Bozeman says the company is now turning to agentic AI, a more powerful system that can make complex decisions autonomously, to further boost efficiency and productivity.

Musk said he expects there to be hundreds of thousands of Teslas driving fully autonomously on roads in the U.S. by the end of 2026, many of which would be personally owned vehicles.

Agentic AI - where the tech operates autonomously - has been touted as the next big step in the space.

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