deactivation
Americannoun
plural
deactivationsExample Sentences
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In an earlier simulation, Anthropic showed that Claude and other AI models were at times willing to blackmail users—or even let an executive die in a hot server room—in order to avoid deactivation.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
The new catalyst provides outstanding performance for dry reforming of methane with extremely slow deactivation.
From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2024
Newsom’s cuts included $80.6 million in savings from the newly announced deactivation of 46 housing units at 13 state prisons.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2024
"We are particularly concerned that Mr Manjang was not made aware that his account was in the process of deactivation, nor provided any clear and effective route to challenge the technology," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024
It was one of the reasons that the deactivation injection was now required as soon as you were done with your Glitching career.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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