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Large language models have made remarkable advancements in recent years. However, much of this progress has centered on English language tasks, with less attention to non-English languages. It is a missed opportunity as these languages represent some of the fastest-growing economies. In our analysis of the capabilities of GPT-3.5 on non-English prompts, specifically South Asian and Middle Eastern languages, we uncovered disparities. While performance on English language prompts continues to impress, responses to prompts…

As it turns out, eating fried toothpicks made of starch is not a healthy snack, health authorities have warned.South Korea’s food ministry reportedly issued a health warning urging people not to eat fried toothpicks made of starch in a shape resembling curly fries after the practice went viral on social media.Video clips showcased adventurous eaters consuming the deep-fried starch toothpicks with seasoning such as powdered cheese, amassing thousands of likes and shares on TikTok and Instagram, NBC News reported.Taking…

June Wan/ZDNETSamsung said on Friday that pre-orders in South Korea for its latest smartphone Galaxy S24 series reached 1.21 million units, the highest figure in the S series to date.Pre-orders for the smartphones ran from January 19 to 25, while official sales will start on January 31. The record beats its predecessor Galaxy S23 series' record of 1.09 million units, which also held a week-long pre-order period.It trails behind Galaxy Note 10's 1.38 million units in August 2019 however, though the pre-order period…

Jonathan Ogilvie is the New Zealand film-maker who made the gangster drama The Tender Hook (2008) and also Lone Wolf (2021), a postmodern spin on Conrad’s The Secret Agent. Now he hits a lighter, gentler and much more personal note in this coming-of-age comedy, which opens the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) – a nostalgiafest romance from the 70s post-punk era about a kid in New Zealand mooching around in his uncool school uniform, hanging out in the local record shop (which still has its prog-era name of…

Last Updated: January 17, 2024, 15:10 ISTKochi Water Metro To Begin Services From High Court Terminal To South Chittoor. (Photo: Geopatial World)Kerala's Kochi Water Metro to launch services from High Court Terminal to South Chittoor, with plans for more routes.Within the next few weeks, Kerala’s Kochi Water Metro will launch three services from High Court Terminal to South Chittoor.The decision was made at a meeting called by state industries minister P Rajeev on January 16 to review projects under Kochi Metro Rail Ltd…

The older Sefala became, the more she peppered her father with questions about the visible racial segregation of their neighborhood: “Why is it like this?” Now, at 28, she is helping do something about it. Alongside computer scientists Nyalleng Moorosi and Timnit Gebru at the nonprofit Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR), which Gebru set up in 2021, she is deploying computer vision tools and satellite images to analyze the impacts of racial segregation in housing, with the ultimate hope that their work will help to…

If you’re in one of a handful of locations around the world, you can take advantage of some pretty excellent Apple Back to School offers and deals. As MacRumors has pointed out, Back to School offers have gone live for Apple users in Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, and South Korea. It will run from January 4 up until March 13. In Australia, you can get up to $240 on an Apple gift card with select purchases. In Brazil, buying an iPad gets you an Apple Pencil, and buying a Mac gets you a pair of AirPods. Both South Korea…

Figure today announced a “commercial agreement” that will bring its first humanoid robot to a BMW manufacturing facility in South Carolina. The Spartanburg plant is BMW’s only in the United States. As of 2019, the 8 million-square-foot campus boasted the highest yield among the German manufacturer’s factories anywhere in the world. BMW has not disclosed how many Figure 01 models it will deploy initially. Nor do we know precisely what jobs the robot will be tasked with when it starts work. Figure did, however, confirm…

For the first time since 2010, Samsung is no longer the world's largest smartphone manufacturer. Apple has toppled Samsung, shipping 20.1 per cent of all smartphones, gloabally, while Samsung has a market share of 19.4 per cent…

by Stephen Wessels, Benjamin Schoville, Jayne Wilkins and Sechaba Maape, The Conversation Screenshot of the Ga-Mohana Hill 3D model visualization. Credit: Archaeologies (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s11759-022-09460-3 These days, if you want to visit remarkable archaeological sites such as Great Zimbabwe or Petra in Jordan you don't even need to leave your house.…