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risks

  • plural of risk.
  • present tense form of risk (3rd person singular).

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A company spokeswoman defended the steps Anthropic has taken as necessary to ensure models are safe and that adversaries can’t use them to create severe risks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 29, 2026

Capanna said a universal travel adaptor that lets multiple pins extend at once is "the most immediate sign it is dangerous", posing real risks of electric shock or electrocution.

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

Extreme volatility risks triggering huge losses for leveraged ETFs — and even potentially a relatively rare unplanned delisting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Since such experiments often require arcane technical knowledge, researchers themselves have the most accurate information about such risks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Need to be prompted with monitoring on a daily basis and take risks that are small and calculated.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin