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While there are many types of AI systems that are used in a multitude of ways, the big trend of the last couple of years is language models—the AI systems that can generate coherent prose and usable code, and that power chatbots such as ChatGPT.
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Will Henshall, TIME, 13 May 2024
The storm that’s been hitting the Earth the last couple of days has reached G5.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 May 2024
Qaddumi is a Palestinian-American studying economics and government, and for the last couple of weeks, he's been participating in the protests against Israel's military actions in Gaza.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 May 2024
The push to stop changing clocks was put before Congress in the last couple of years, when the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Muñoz and Maldonado are just two of the Marlins pitching prospects to make stellar debuts in the last couple of weeks.
—Ethan Mannello, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Much of the weather Dallas-Fort Worth experienced in the last couple of days will move east by Thursday afternoon.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
The Gardners have never been in any danger of being the last team at the pit stop and appear to be on an upward trajectory in the last couple of episodes toward the season finale in two weeks.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
Unlike Gattex, however, drugs that mimic GLP-1 (GLP 1s) are currently prescribed for some of the most common chronic conditions in the U.S. today—diabetes and obesity—and have been showered with media attention over the last couple of years in the context of weight management.
—Shilpa Ravella, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
Will Henshall, TIME, 13 May 2024
The storm that’s been hitting the Earth the last couple of days has reached G5.
—Wes Davis, The Verge, 12 May 2024
Qaddumi is a Palestinian-American studying economics and government, and for the last couple of weeks, he's been participating in the protests against Israel's military actions in Gaza.
—Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, NPR, 7 May 2024
The push to stop changing clocks was put before Congress in the last couple of years, when the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 6 May 2024
Muñoz and Maldonado are just two of the Marlins pitching prospects to make stellar debuts in the last couple of weeks.
—Ethan Mannello, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
Much of the weather Dallas-Fort Worth experienced in the last couple of days will move east by Thursday afternoon.
—David Montesino, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
The Gardners have never been in any danger of being the last team at the pit stop and appear to be on an upward trajectory in the last couple of episodes toward the season finale in two weeks.
—Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2024
Unlike Gattex, however, drugs that mimic GLP-1 (GLP 1s) are currently prescribed for some of the most common chronic conditions in the U.S. today—diabetes and obesity—and have been showered with media attention over the last couple of years in the context of weight management.
—Shilpa Ravella, TIME, 30 Apr. 2024
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