as in concocted
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
she quickly devised a new scheme when the first one failed
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That should become a standard part of the chain-of-thoughts being devised by AI.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Similarly, Ping’s team devised a system that pauses the pH-modulating current just long enough for a graphene transistor to record accurate readings without interference.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
The acknowledgment is that AI is not limited solely to language per se and can be devised to incorporate visual and auditory data too.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Using this blueprint, the team devised a step-by-step sequence of chemical signals to coax human stem cells into forming notochord tissue.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
Using liquid metal, scientists have devised a new way to make electronics that assemble themselves.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2024
That distinctive shade of yellow — a hue devised for maximum eye-catching impact — appeared on everything from bean bags to beach towels, T-shirts to talking toothbrushes, yo-yos to yarmulkes.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
When devised and presented suitably, this could motivate people toward healthy practices.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
To clarify, there are in fact specialized AI apps that have been devised to pretend to be Santa, sometimes relying under the hood on generic generative AI or might in other cases have something else especially built for this use.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Similarly, Ping’s team devised a system that pauses the pH-modulating current just long enough for a graphene transistor to record accurate readings without interference.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2024
The acknowledgment is that AI is not limited solely to language per se and can be devised to incorporate visual and auditory data too.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Using this blueprint, the team devised a step-by-step sequence of chemical signals to coax human stem cells into forming notochord tissue.
—Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2024
Using liquid metal, scientists have devised a new way to make electronics that assemble themselves.
—IEEE Spectrum, 17 Dec. 2024
That distinctive shade of yellow — a hue devised for maximum eye-catching impact — appeared on everything from bean bags to beach towels, T-shirts to talking toothbrushes, yo-yos to yarmulkes.
—Darryn King, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
When devised and presented suitably, this could motivate people toward healthy practices.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
To clarify, there are in fact specialized AI apps that have been devised to pretend to be Santa, sometimes relying under the hood on generic generative AI or might in other cases have something else especially built for this use.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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