the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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But the next step — compiling training data for its robot AI program — is a far more difficult task than simply gathering text from the Internet to train a chatbot. Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025 For example, consider that the AI was data-trained on content scanned across the Internet. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025 And while Twitch says that only 0.5 percent of users will be affected by these new limits, gamers are warning that the move threatens to eradicate large swaths of recent gaming history from the Internet. Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025 Our best guess—and the Internet’s best guess—is Meg Donnelly. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Internet

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“The Internet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Internet. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.

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