Afrobarometer produces high-quality data on public attitudes across Africa. As the demand for insights on African citizens' opinions grows, the organisation faces a trade-off between lengthening ...

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Vector embeddings are the backbone of modern enterprise AI, powering everything from retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) to semantic search. But a new study from Google DeepMind reveals a fundamental ...

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Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid. By ...

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Scientists show that the frequency of a set of words seems to have increased in published study abstracts since ChatGPT was released into the world. By Gina Kolata Scientists know it is happening, ...

Beyond its vaunted off-road capabilities, the Toyota Land Cruiser is known for its durability. So, when Toyota introduced an all-new Land Cruiser, we naturally wondered how this new model would ...