out of thin air
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"The sort of AI that people are using routinely today is built on the sum total of information on the internet - it doesn't just produce answers out of thin air," Dr Edwards told the BBC.
From BBC
Financial risk had been created out of thin air, and it begged to be either honestly accounted for or disguised.
From Literature
“But it’s so cool because you go in there with nothing and you make something out of thin air,” she says.
From Los Angeles Times
There he was, alone on the stage, belting out falsetto notes in his spangly jumpsuit, when suddenly, an electric guitar appeared out of thin air and landed in his hands.
From BBC
China's success in technology has not come out of thin air, even given the unlikely origins of the DeepSeek deep shock.
From BBC
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