How Duolingo became a $2.4B language unicorn
At the heart of Duolingo is its mission: to scale free education and increase income potential through language learning. However, the same mission that has helped it grow to a business valued at $2.4 billion with over 500 million registered learners.....»»
Examining gender stereotypes embedded in natural language
Gender stereotypes harm people of both genders—and society more broadly—by steering and sometimes limiting people to behaviors, roles, and activities linked with their gender. Widely shared stereotypes include the assumption that men are more cen.....»»
"Your United States was normal": Has translation tech really made language learning redundant?
Every day, millions of people start the day by posting a greeting on social media. None of them expect to be arrested for their friendly morning ritual......»»
The bilingual brain may be better at ignoring irrelevant information
People who speak two languages may be better at shifting their attention from one thing to another compared to those who speak one, according to a study published this month in the journal Bilingualism: Language and Cognition......»»
IronCore Labs Cloaked AI protects vector embeddings
IronCore Labs launched Cloaked AI, an SDK that protects vector embeddings with data-in-use encryption. Large language models are shifting the paradigm for how AI products are built and where private data is stored. While private AI data used to be in.....»»
The best movies and shows on Shudder right now (November 2023)
Shudder is our favorite streaming platform for all things horror. This November, prepare for a foreign language possession film and a Boris Karloff doc......»»
The "liking gap" is real for second language English speakers, research shows
A study from Concordia's Applied Linguistics Lab suggests that most people are usually overly harsh on themselves when speaking in a second language......»»
How social media is breathing new life into Bhutan"s unwritten local languages
Dechen, 40, grew up in Thimphu, the capital city of Bhutan. Her native language was Mangdip, also known as Nyenkha, as her parents are originally from central Bhutan. She went to schools in the city, where the curriculum was predominantly taught in D.....»»
Holy chips! Microsoft’s new AI silicon will power its chatty assistants
Amid GPU shortages, Microsoft reaches for custom silicon to run its AI language models. Enlarge / A photo of the Microsoft Azure Maia 100 chip that has been altered with splashes of color by the author to look as if AI itself wer.....»»
Microsoft launches custom chips to accelerate its plans for AI domination
Amid GPU shortages, Microsoft reaches for custom silicon to run its AI language models. Enlarge / A photo of the Microsoft Azure Maia 100 chip that has been altered with splashes of color by the author to look as if AI itself wer.....»»
Study reveals unfair representation of migrant domestic workers in mistreatment cases in Chinese media
Most Chinese-language media reports concerning migrant domestic workers (MDW) in Hong Kong fail to report their mistreatment factually, independently and critically, and focus on news appeal while neglecting the deeper roots of this important issue,.....»»
iOS 17.2 lets users disable inline text predictions without turning off predictive text
Apple has made a number of improvements to the iPhone and iPad virtual keyboard with iOS 17, which now uses a large language model (LLM) to improve autocorrection and provide inline text predictions. Until now, turning off inline text predictions req.....»»
How to change your language on Duolingo
Duolingo lets you learn more than 30 languages. Here's how to change your language on Duolingo when you want to try something new......»»
Learn ASL from home with this $15.97 course bundle
You can learn American Sign Language with this $16 course bundle of ASL fundamentals like fingerspelling, emotions, and greetings. TL;DR: As of November 10, get this American Sign Language course bundle for only $15.97 — an 84% discount.W.....»»
Ant Receives Chinese Government Nod to Roll Out AI Services
The fintech affiliate of Alibaba will roll out products powered by its large language model Bailing to the public. Ant Group Co., the fintech affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., received approval from the Chinese government to.....»»
Samsung announces ChatGPT rival coming soon to its devices
At Samsung's 2023 AI Forum, the company introduced its own large language model with plans to incorporate it into Samsung devices. Days after OpenAI announced ChatGPT-4 Turbo, Samsung unveiled its own large language model (LLM). On Wednesday, d.....»»
Political ads on Facebook, Instagram required to disclose use of AI
Meta has introduced a set of AI rules for political advertisers on Facebook and Instagram. OpenAI just announced its latest large language model (LLM), GPT-4 Turbo. Elon Musk's xAI recently unveiled its own AI chatbot, Grok. And Samsung is jump.....»»
Samsung Details Gauss, Its Own Generative AI Model
Samsung, never one to shy away from proving that it can create something as good as anyone else, with exception to a smart home speaker, announced Gauss this week. Gauss is the company’s own generative AI model, consisting of Gauss Language, Ga.....»»
Elastic simplifies data investigations with piped query language, ES|QL
Elastic has unveiled Elasticsearch Query Language (ES|QL), its new piped query language designed to transform, enrich and simplify data investigation with concurrent processing. ES|QL enables site reliability engineers (SREs), developers an.....»»
Xbox moderation team turns to AI for help filtering a flood of user content
Automated language/vision models help evaluate player reports, Gamerpic uploads, and more. Artist interpretation of the creatures talking about your mom on Xbox Live last night. (credit: Aurich Lawson / Thinkstock) Anyon.....»»
ChatGPT lets you build your own chatbot without coding. Here’s how
Want to make a custom ChatGPT-style chatbot? Now you can do so with the latest GPT-4 language models with all the extras. Here's how......»»