Abelson

British

/ ˈeɪbəlsən /

noun

Philip. 1913–2004, US physical chemist. He created (with Edwin McMillan) the first transuranic element, neptunium (1940)

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"The fog of war is quickly becoming the slop of war as AI synthetic content creates infinite noise in information ecosystems," said Ari Abelson, co-founder of OpenOrigins, a media authenticity company that fights deepfakes.

From Barron's ● Mar. 4, 2026

Abelson also found the executive orders likely violate free-speech rights.

From Salon ● Feb. 25, 2025

Reed Abelson is a health care reporter for The Times and Jordan Rau is a reporter for KFF Health News.

From New York Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

The same-day reservations snagged by Abelson — and a Times reporter — may be fallout from the scandal involving the owners and chefs, Elizabeth Johnson and Will Aghajanian.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023

They found Abelson laboring in a forest of one hundred towering cylindrical columns, in which uranium hexafluoride with a high concentration of U-235 was accumulating.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

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