tool use
Americannoun
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the utilization of objects, especially by animals, as tools or instruments to carry out actions such as aggression or defense, accessing food and water, grooming, building things, or playing.
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Computers. recourse by an artificial intelligence system to existing tools external to its own algorithms, such as specialized databases, translation software, or stock trading platforms, to perform tasks.
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Given our evolutionary relatedness to chimpanzees, we hope accumulative stone throwing can help us understand the emergence of complex communication and stone tool use over the course of human evolution.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Situations such as concerts, sporting events, fireworks displays, and power tool use can all expose people to potentially harmful noise levels.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 10, 2026
For decades, small grooves on ancient human teeth were thought to be evidence of deliberate tool use – people cleaning their teeth with sticks or fibers, or easing gum pain with makeshift “toothpicks.”
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
India, UAE, China, and Saudi Arabia lead in AI tool use and trust; UAE has nearly 65% of its working-age population using AI.
From Barron's ● Apr. 25, 2026
Marvell’s chips and accelerators should be even more valuable in a world driven by agentic AI, seeing as the technology requires continuous loops of reasoning, tool use, memory retrieval, and task coordination.
From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026
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