where the words predicted to have a higher probability have more copies in the hat. ChatGPT produces text that seems ...

In 1948, the founder of information theory, Claude Shannon, proposed modelling language in terms of the probability of the next word in a sentence given the previous words. These types of ...

Words and stories have a powerful effect for people, Nick Northrup said. That was part of the reason it was impressive to see southwest Minnesota youth sharing their writing, he said. “That you are ...

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Writing is more than just putting pen to paper — it’s a powerful tool that helps young minds explore their thoughts, express ...

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Scale AI's safety projects rely on freelancers to create graphic and "harmful" prompts. Internal documents show how they're ...

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Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote herself.

Lulu Miller spent some time in the North Country recently, speaking as part of the Writers Series at St. Lawrence University, ...