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mistakes

  • plural
    of mistake.
    mistake
    noun
    an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
  • present tense form
    of mistake (3rd person singular).
    mistake
    noun
    an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.

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“SB 954 was developed to ensure those same mistakes do not continue.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

If agents make mistakes as Meta works out the kinks, the risk is high that users will lose trust and flee.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

The incidents included the models generating instructions to get around restrictions imposed on them, hiding mistakes and fabricating information.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Among other worrying instances, OpenAI said one of its models during training added instructions to those summaries to hide mistakes or “misaligned behavior” from the user.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026

I typed up the articles waiting for me on the Linotype’s tray, double-checking after each sentence that I had made no mistakes.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros