as in to obey
to act according to the commands of
an independent-minded person who refuses to conform to the dictates of society
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Maybe a different sect says that AI is to be obeyed only if the human heading the sect has first substantiated the AI’s pronouncements.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025 -
In mid-June, the judge found the attorney general in contempt, instructing him to provide her with biweekly updates on how the state was obeying her order blocking enforcement of the immigration law.—
Jay Weaver
July 9,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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Microsoft followed a similar playbook with Inflection AI, bringing in CEO Mustafa Suleyman and most of his team while leaving the original company as a shell.—
Josipa Majic Predin,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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But there’s no hiding that the recent larger-scale legalization of sports betting operations and the partnerships with MLB that followed have had adverse ramifications on baseball.—
Maria Torres,
New York Times,
15 July 2025
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“Conform (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conform%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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