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Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old who killed a student and injured another before killing himself in January 2025 at Antioch High School in Tennessee, was a known user.
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Ben Turtel, the company’s CEO, told me that his team presented to the model a set of more than 2,000 forecasting questions with known outcomes that were not included in its training data.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The program delivered maps that are a neuro-realtor’s dream, with known and novel subdivisions within larger brain regions.
—Amber Dance, Quanta Magazine, 9 Feb. 2026
Kubota, a recipient of the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Supporting Actor, is well known for his roles in Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins and First Love, as well as Death Note and A Man.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
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Michael Loria, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
Ben Turtel, the company’s CEO, told me that his team presented to the model a set of more than 2,000 forecasting questions with known outcomes that were not included in its training data.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
The program delivered maps that are a neuro-realtor’s dream, with known and novel subdivisions within larger brain regions.
—Amber Dance, Quanta Magazine, 9 Feb. 2026
Kubota, a recipient of the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Supporting Actor, is well known for his roles in Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins and First Love, as well as Death Note and A Man.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Feb. 2026
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“Known.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/known. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.
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known
adjective
: generally recognized
a known expert on art
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