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Language Model Tokenizers Introduce Unfairness Between Languages

Neural Information Processing Systems

Recent language models have shown impressive multilingual performance, even when not explicitly trained for it. Despite this, there are concerns about the quality of their outputs across different languages. In this paper, we show how disparity in the treatment of different languages arises at the tokenization stage, well before a model is even invoked. The same text translated into different languages can have drastically different tok-enization lengths, with differences up to 15 times in some cases. These disparities persist even for tokenizers that are intentionally trained for multilingual support.


4 times drinking coffee was illegal--or even punishable by death

Popular Science

Rulers once closed cafés, burned beans, and even executed someone--all for a cup of coffee. A photograph taken in the 1920s shows a group of men gather at a small roadside coffee stall in Cairo, Egypt. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Bach wrote a cantata about it . Scholars, philosophers, and lawyers have argued over it.


US military footage captures multiple 'orb' UFOs flying in formation over Persian Gulf

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Devastating secret message in Savannah Guthrie's video appeal to mother's captors: Hidden agenda revealed by FBI hostage negotiator Crime scene tape goes back up outside missing Nancy Guthrie's home as FBI deploys hostage negotiators to family Savannah Guthrie says'we are ready to talk' as she breaks down in tears during gut-wrenching video while pleading to her mother's captors FBI's Kash Patel heads to Tucson in search for Nancy Guthrie amid daughter Savannah's desperate plea Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez, and Hoda Kotb lead stars rallying around Savannah Guthrie as she makes tearful plea to her mother's captors Big Short investor proved right in $1bn bet that stock bubble bursting... in dire warning for Wall Street and 401(k)s'I was just laid off in the middle of a WAR ZONE': Distraught Washington Post journalist blasts paper for firing her while she sheltered in Ukraine Melania Trump bombshell stuns Hollywood into silence: Rich and famous gathered at elite restaurants to'laugh' about First Lady rumor... now they have'egg on their faces' Woman who went viral on the Coldplay kiss cam cashes in on her fame as she lands keynote gig in Washington DC - and tickets aren't cheap Epstein claimed Bill Gates was'so cheap' he left Russian mistress broke and sleeping on a friend's couch Where's Fergie...? Ex-Duchess of York's whereabouts is a mystery as she's homeless after Royal Lodge eviction - and Epstein emails shame No, Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi aren't having an affair... What's REALLY going on is so much worse. I rode with ICE on the frozen streets of Minneapolis. I saw migrants getting arrested. The frontlines are nothing like what you see on TV. New video from a US military drone has captured what UFO investigators are calling a formation of mysterious orbs flying over one of the most contentious regions in the world.


Team Mirai could overtake more established parties in Lower House

The Japan Times

Team Mirai leader Takahiro Anno stumps in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Jan. 27, the first day of campaigning for the Lower House election slated for Sunday. A small, 9-month-old party that has only one seat in the Upper House may gain as many seats as decadesold peers such as the Japanese Communist Party (JCP) in Sunday's Lower House election with its unconventional campaign pledges to change politics and the government through digital technology. A weekend poll conducted by the Asahi Shimbun showed Team Mirai could win up to 10 seats under the proportional representation system, more than the JCP's nine seats and Reiwa Shinsengumi's six. The party didn't have any seats in the Lower House before its dissolution. The party's founder and leader is a 35-year-old artificial intelligence engineer behind two AI startups -- Takahiro Anno. He had been working on societal reform through digital transformation when he pivoted from business to politics with the launch of Team Mirai last May.


The drones being used in Sudan: 1,000 attacks since April 2023

Al Jazeera

During Sudan's civil war, which erupted in April 2023, both sides have increasingly relied on drones, and civilians have borne the brunt of the carnage. The conflict between the Sudanese armed forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group is an example of war transformed by commercially available, easily concealable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones. Modular, well-adapted to sanctions evasions and devastatingly effective, drones have killed scores of civilians, crippled infrastructure and plunged Sudanese cities into darkness. In this visual investigation, Al Jazeera examines the history of drone warfare in Sudan, the types of drones used by the warring sides, how they are sourced, where the attacks have occurred and the human toll. The RSF traces its origins to what at the time was a government-linked militia known as the Janjaweed.


Why change AFCON now?

Al Jazeera

When the president of the Confederation of African Football, Patrice Motsepe, announced plans to move AFCON from a two-year to a four-year cycle, it raised a big question: Who actually benefits from that change? Samantha Johnson speaks to sports analyst Usher Komugisha about the power dynamics shaping the debate, and what it could mean for African football. Jake Paul vs Anthony Joshua: Is this good for Boxing?


Indonesia blocks access to Musk's AI chatbot Grok over deepfake images

Al Jazeera

Indonesia has become the first country in the world to block Elon Musk's Grok chatbot over the risk of fake, AI-generated pornographic content. The country's communication and digital affairs minister said on Saturday that "the practice of non-consensual sexual deepfakes" is a "serious violation of human rights, dignity, and the security of citizens in the digital space". The move comes a day after Grok limited image generation and editing features on Musk's social media platform X to paying subscribers as it sought to tamp down mounting criticism over the deepfakes. Musk has been threatened with fines as several countries are pushing back publicly against Grok, which allowed users to alter online images to remove the subjects' clothes. The billionaire has said anyone using Grok to create illegal content would face the same consequences as uploading such material directly. But European officials and tech campaigners slammed this week's move to limit the AI tool's features to paying subscribers on X, saying it failed to address their concerns.


Inside NASA's high-stakes plan to evacuate astronauts from the ISS after medical emergency

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Travel chaos warning as hazardous'radiation fog' alert is issued in three states Real reason Bill Hader and Ali Wong's two-year relationship ended: Insiders reveal open secret about him in Hollywood... his cruel nickname... and his month from hell after Reiner murders horror It's madness NOT to annex Greenland: SCOTT JENNINGS spells out, as only he can, why America must act... before its enemies strike Kendall Jenner finally breaks silence on the rumors she's secretly a lesbian Real reason ICE refused to let medics rush to aid of Renee Nicole Good after she was shot dead in her car... as shocking video spread like wildfire The foods that actually block the body from gaining weight... even in people who eat high-fat diets Shocking study linking covid jabs and cancer'censored' by mysterious cyberattack Peppers will help protect you from the'super flu'... but which color you eat matters I gave up a middle-class family life at 40 to become an escort. Years later I discovered a common condition that affects so many women was to blame. Painful cause of death revealed for adorable child, 4, found dead in the woods two miles from dad's home Insiders reveal how the Reiner family decided to ax'despicable' Nick's legal fund: 'He's on his own' No nonsense uncle humiliates rude women for singing and talking during Broadway performance of Mamma Mia! - then has them thrown out of theater The REAL Princess Catherine: On her birthday, an intimate portrait of her marriage, how she finally solved the Meghan problem, her brave cancer fight... and a thrilling new rumor about her in America'Best medical drama ever' rockets up the Netflix charts as'broken' fans left sobbing by'perfect' ending after binge-watching every episode Inside NASA's high-stakes plan to evacuate astronauts from the ISS after medical emergency NASA is preparing to conduct its first-ever medical evacuation from the International Space Station (ISS), activating a contingency plan to return a crew to Earth months ahead of schedule. The plan, developed decades ago for medical emergencies in space, has never before been implemented during an ISS mission, agency officials said Thursday. Under the program, the returning astronauts will seal themselves inside the capsule, undock from the ISS, perform a controlled departure and reenter Earth's atmosphere for a parachute-assisted splashdown in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast.