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Most detectors also lack the user-friendly interfaces that have tempted so many people to try the generative AI systems.

From Scientific American • Mar. 31, 2023

The gains, together with the relaxation of lockdowns and signals that Beijing could ease up both on virus policies and regulatory clampdowns, have tempted money managers, who were quitting China en-masse in March, to return.

From Reuters • Jun. 29, 2022

Moored in the Pacific more than 2,400 miles from the mainland, Hawaii and its raw beauty have tempted U.S. travelers for decades.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2021

At one time, the Americans might have tempted China with the offer of membership in a regional trade deal, like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which intentionally excluded the Chinese.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2017

Dubbed the nation’s most eligible bachelor, Vanderbilt eschewed the debauchery that would have tempted other men fresh out of their teens and into a bottomless bank account.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand