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Open AI models are, by definition, harder to control, as users can alter their parameters -- potentially for malicious purposes.
From Barron's ● Sep. 13, 2026
The reality is by having a higher age rating than Spider-Man, it is by definition reducing the amount of people who can buy the game.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
That means OpenAI, by definition, is a related party, and Microsoft can exercise significant influence over it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
The inflation threat that bonds face isn’t from inflation that is currently expected but from unexpected inflation — which, by definition, is unexpected.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
And how could anyone experiment on the unconscious, which, by definition, seemed to defy laboratory techniques of testing?
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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