neural network
noun
: a computer architecture in which a number of processors are interconnected in a manner suggestive of the connections between neurons in a human brain and which is able to learn by a process of trial and error
called also neural net
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The Paradox Of Listening Though appearing passive, brain-imaging studies show that listening activates more neural networks than speaking does.
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Anna Barnhill, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
The system, a neural network called PHOEBAI, could therefore revolutionize the process of assessing these twin star systems and determining stellar qualities such as mass and size, thus relieving a bottleneck of hundreds of thousands of potential binaries currently waiting to be analyzed.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Anthropic has also beefed up its cybersecurity, so that Claude’s underlying neural network is protected against theft attempts by non-state actors.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2025
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Anna Barnhill, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
While simulated reasoning models like o3-pro often show measurable improvements over general-purpose models on analytical tasks, research suggests these gains come from allocating more computational resources to traverse their neural networks in smaller, more directed steps.
—ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
The system, a neural network called PHOEBAI, could therefore revolutionize the process of assessing these twin star systems and determining stellar qualities such as mass and size, thus relieving a bottleneck of hundreds of thousands of potential binaries currently waiting to be analyzed.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 June 2025
Anthropic has also beefed up its cybersecurity, so that Claude’s underlying neural network is protected against theft attempts by non-state actors.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 22 May 2025
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