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Milestone articles have highlighted the frequency and types of statistical errors in research,1–5 yet fundamental errors persist across various disciplines. With a background in biostatistics and over ...

Cambridge, MA – Let’s say an environmental scientist is studying whether exposure to air pollution is associated with lower birth weights in a particular county. They might train a machine-learning ...

A new study by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and SII Generative AI Research Lab (GAIR) shows that training large language models (LLMs) for complex, autonomous tasks does not require massive datasets.

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During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die that way in some states. By Jacey Fortin On Friday, for the second time in ...