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Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used not only to generate content but also to evaluate it. They are asked to ...

Large Language Models change their judgment depending on who they think wrote a text, even when the content stays identical. The AI systems are strongly biased against Chinese authorship but generally ...

To understand how grudging Amy Coney Barrett’s new book is when it comes to revealing personal details, consider that one of ...

Imran Khan’s marriage to his spiritual adviser shocked the country. Now she could help decide whether he returns to office or stays in prison ...

CDT presents a monthly series of censored content that has been added to our “404 Deleted Content Archive.” Each month, we ...

Seven gay men met in Edendale home on Nov. 11, 1950.

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The rock star chef spent his life telling the world who he was. A new collection of his writings suggests this image was far ...

After years of heated debates over statues, museums, and so-called “cancel culture,” the fight over memory and heritage shows no sign of slowing down. Across the world, monuments that once seemed ...

The ballroom ceiling will feature a Sistine Chapel-inspired fresco, depicting traditional American heroes. At school, I wave goodbye to my son, but he doesn’t even look back, such is his hurry to get ...