recently
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Most recently, SAG-AFTRA said it secured stronger AI guardrails in its new tentative contract, including new guidelines that govern how studios should use generative AI and that strongly favor “human performances.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
Anduril has also announced recently that it’s leading a team to develop solutions for the U.S.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Some settled centuries ago in Kuwait and Bahrain, while others emigrated more recently from Iran to the United Arab Emirates.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
More recently, however, researchers discovered that ships and motor vehicles release a different form of methylsiloxanes made up of much larger molecules that do not easily evaporate.
From Science Daily • May 13, 2026
From what I have overheard on the street, a large obelisk stood near the shore here until recently.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
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