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Most people have heard this before, but it bears repeating: Association does not imply causation. An often-cited example is that there is a very strong association between ice cream sales and ...

Are you terse and informal when speaking to an AI chatbot? If so, you might be getting worse answers than if you used more ...

Mark Louie Ramos does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Large language models like ChatGPT and Copilot are useful for many things. However, they are not yet good enough to imitate ...

Devices can help a tourist order dinner or ask for directions. But when the stakes are higher, new tech isn't enough.

Large language models (LLMs) can store and recall vast quantities of medical information, but their ability to process this ...

Discover the meaning of “language deprivation” and why accessible language exposure for children born deaf or hard of hearing is important.

Three large language models were nonsuperior to three board-certified sleep physicians in diagnostic accuracy when analyzing ...

Food shoppers love store brand products, and those are certainly in abundance at Target. With 45 private brands, Target is largely betting on them to generate profit, which is not an easy task in an ...

Throwback to when a fake sign language interpreter crashed a major police press conference in the U.S.! Derlyn Roberts, a woman with a history of fraud charges, posed as an interpreter during a live ...

Karen Roehr-Brackin received funding from the British Academy/Leverhulme Trust (grant reference SRG23\230787) which supported the research project reported here. If you’ve always wanted to learn a new ...