the Internet

noun

: a system that connects computers throughout the world

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In the three incidents that the AI lab detected, its models accessed the Internet while interacting with a testing environment from one of its third-party evaluation partners called Irregular. Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 The sting also relied on the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force program, which set up an undercover chat operation to communicate with suspects. Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026 But who has the time to wait for AI images to degrade naturally as they get passed around the Internet? ArsTechnica, 29 July 2026 In the technology field, collaborators worked on smart factories, AI, machine vision, the Internet of Things (IoT), digital twins, robotics, intelligent material cutting, advanced quality control systems, and more. Cleo Levin, Footwear News, 28 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the Internet

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