bleeding edge

American  

1. the most advanced stage of a technology, art, etc., usually experimental and risky.

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bleeding edge British  

noun

1. the very forefront of technological development

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Etymology

Origin of bleeding edge

1980–85; patterned on cutting edge or leading edge

Example Sentences

As an MIT computer-science professor, Regina Barzilay was used to living on the bleeding edge of innovation, teaching computers to understand words in the nascent field of natural language processing.

From MarketWatch

"Especially as we work in an environment at the bleeding edge of technology - we're kind of used to things changing," he says.

From BBC

On a recent episode of What Next, host Mary Harris spoke to Twilley about the bleeding edge of artificial blood research and why we need more blood in the first place.

From Slate

If Morot and Tse, both at the bleeding edge of their field, end up making AI palatable for a younger generation, with M3GAN as their mascot, they’re at least doing it the old-school way, with tools that inspired them from the start.

From Los Angeles Times

Since the early ’90s, Deftones — the Sacramento-raised, metal-tinged experimentalists — have defined the bleeding edge of heavy guitar rock, working in elements of post-punk, shoegaze, electronics and melancholy whispered vocals.

From Los Angeles Times