tester
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Etymology
Origin of tester1
First recorded in 1655–65; test 1 + -er 1
Origin of tester2
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English tester, testo(u)r, testir, teester “headpiece,” from Old French testiere “headpiece, head covering,” from Medieval Latin testerium, testrum, testura “canopy of a bed”; derivative of Vulgar Latin testa “head,” from Latin testa “earthenware jar; brick; tile”; test 2
Origin of tester3
First recorded in 1560–70; earlier testorn, variant of teston, with -r- from Middle French testart “teston”
Example Sentences
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Recently an AI bot created by Stanford researchers outperformed some human testers in looking for security flaws in a network.
The document says human testers from AI companies should randomly evaluate 4,000 pieces of training data for each format of content their AI can handle, such as text, video and images.
Institute experts also looked at the possibility of models "sandbagging" - or strategically hiding their true capabilities from testers.
From BBC
And to make things interesting, they pitted Artemis against real-world professional hackers, known as penetration testers.
Why Williams would ask for her name to be added, without any intention of playing again, remains a mystery - as joining the list invites a visit from out-of-competition testers.
From BBC
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