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[mod-uh-fahy] / ˈmɒd əˌfaɪ /




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So-called open AI models, which anyone can download and modify, are close behind closed models such as Claude or ChatGPT, which are available only through their owners' paid services.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Last week, Luckey and Ben Lamm, co-founder of bioengineering firm Colossal Biosciences, announced a new venture to genetically modify military dogs, in which Anduril will supply the dogs’ body armor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

It is now proposing new powers that would allow it to force telecoms companies to hand over information or modify or disable services in connection with specific threats or incidents.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

Democracies do this as a matter of course, and we can, too, even if we modify these lessons, and learn from their shortcomings, for our own particular contexts.

From Slate ● Oct. 21, 2026

Bell thought he could modify the device to find the bullet in Garfield's body.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow

On Kalshi, Boss places 60 trades a minute and modifies his bids and asks 30 times a second.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Ferreira modifies these cells with a CAR that recognizes a specific surface protein placed on the beta cells.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 2, 2026

It modifies a law dating to 2006 that forced foreign investors to form joint ventures with state oil company PDVSA, which insisted on a majority stake.

From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026

CAR T-cell therapy takes the patient's own T-cells, modifies them and then reintroduces them back into the blood stream to help fight the cancer.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025

Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

To make this possible, the engineers used a specialized ultrafast laser and carefully modified the shape and size of its beam.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

They modified his delivery, including having him start it from the third-base side of the pitching rubber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026

These cells have been genetically modified to contract when exposed to light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

Some scientists say that if the goal is to boost agricultural output and restore the environment, the emphasis should be on soil health, not genetically modified plants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

The next day, she put it up again, modified and edited, ending with words she still so easily remembered.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

What is it that we need to do in terms of modifying the car, setting it up in a different way for him to go fast?

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

By modifying the specific features of statin molecules that interfere with muscle proteins, scientists may be able to reduce unwanted effects without compromising the drugs' ability to control cholesterol.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Red Queen Bio is focusing on flus that public-health officials have identified as top risks because of how AI systems could lower barriers for modifying them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

The bulk of the canal's construction work involved widening, deepening and modifying existing waterways, while a small section had to be excavated, Xinhua said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026

He pulled out a second Archimedes sphere - the one he’d spent a whole thirty seconds modifying before they entered the stadium.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan


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