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Microsoft introduces rStar-Math, an SLM for math reasoning and problem solving
A team of math and AI researchers at Microsoft Asia has designed and developed a small language model (SLM) that can be used to solve math problems. The group has posted a paper on the arXiv preprint ...
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Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.
It’s surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A ...
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Struggling Over A Big Life Decision? Math Says You Should Use The "37 Percent Rule"
Accept anybody from the top 15 percent of potential matches, and your chances climb even higher. Then, you need only reject ...
CBS News6d
As Meta abandons fact-checking, here's how to tell what's real online
With Meta announcing it is ending its third-party fact-checking program and moving to a community notes model similar to the social platform X, it's more important than ever to follow trusted ...
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Mark Zuckerberg says ending fact-checks will curb censorship. Fact-checkers say he's wrong.
Meta's fact-checking partners are rebutting Mark Zuckerberg's suggestion on Tuesday that their work is tantamount to censorship. In announcing the social media giant's decision to end fact ...
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Fact check: Do Musk and Weidel's claims hold up?
What do the facts say about their claims? Alice Weidel, the leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD), discussed German politics and more on Thursday during an audio chat on X ...
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Latin American Fact-Checkers Brace for Meta’s Next Moves
As part of his counteroffensive, the company created the Third Party Fact-Checkers, or Independent Fact-Checkers, program to address misinformation on its platforms. First implemented in the ...
Bay Area innovator uses AI to tackle California students' declining math skills
As California students' math and English test scores continue to trail pre-pandemic scores and students struggle to recover ...
Nature4d
Does fact-checking work? What the science says
That trek to challenge online falsehoods and misinformation got a little harder this week, when Facebook’s parent company Meta announced plans to scrap the platform’s fact-checking programme ...
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11 Fresh Facts About Greenland
In fact, fewer than 60,000 people call this large land mass home, earning Greenland the distinction of being the least densely populated place on our planet. Most residents live on the west ...
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Fact check: As wildfires rage, Trump lashes out with false claims about FEMA and California water policy
Facts First: This is false. Newsom has never refused to sign a “water restoration declaration.” In fact, there is no such document, as Newsom’s office said on social media on Wednesday and ...
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Fact Check: Is Hollywood Sign on Fire Right Now?
The Facts A map by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) shows that, at the time the article was written, the sign was not within the blaze area, and a reservoir ...