| MACHINE | _______ learning in AI is a discipline concerned with the implementation of computer software that can learn autonomously (7) |
| OMB | Executive-branch org. that supports the implementation of the President's policy agenda |
| PHYSICALSCIENCES | Disciplines concerned with the study of inanimate natural objects (8,8) |
| DRIVER | Computer software that controls a device such as a printer (6) |
| ADOBE | Company whose AI is named Firefly |
| COGNITION | The symbolic, or top-down, approach in AI research seeks to replicate intelligence by analyzing _________ independent of the biological structure of the brain, in terms of the processing of symbols (9 |
| SAMBA | A free software re-implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, originally developed by Andrew Tridgell for Linux. (5) |
| NOR | Conjunction used in negative phrases to introduce the second member in a series, as in 'Ai-___' and Clematis '___'easter' (3) |
| YOGA | A system of exercises practised as part of a discipline to promote control of body and mind (4) |
| INSECT | Nouvelle artificial intelligence is an approach that favours the relatively modest aim of ______-level performance in its devices (6) |
| DISTANCE | ____ learning, a method of study in which teaching is conducted online (8) |
| WINDOWSHOPPER | Potential buyer of computer software, one expecting to save a bit of money (6-7) |
| DEMO | Short word for a public march; or, a trial version of computer software (4) |
| EVAN | _ Rachel Wood plays Madonna in AI "biopic" Weird: The AI Yankovic Story (4) |
| GHIBLI | Style of art inspiring a viral trend in AI-generated images, raising concerns about privacy and ethics. (6) |
| SUPERG | A discipline of Alpine racing rated as the "speed event " (5-1) |
| KOOKY | Strange piece of computer software by the sound of it (5) |
| BETA | Greek letter used to denote a version of computer software being tested under working conditions (4) |
| HINDRANCE | Impediment of deer to implementation of crane (9) |
| APPLIANCE | Implementation of a gadget (9) |