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Introducing OmniGEC: A Silver Multilingual Dataset for Grammatical Error Correction

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

In this paper, we introduce OmniGEC, a collection of multilingual silver-standard datasets for the task of Grammatical Error Correction (GEC), covering eleven languages: Czech, English, Estonian, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Latvian, Slovene, Swedish, and Ukrainian. These datasets facilitate the development of multilingual GEC solutions and help bridge the data gap in adapting English GEC solutions to multilingual GEC. The texts in the datasets originate from three sources: Wikipedia edits for the eleven target languages, subreddits from Reddit in the eleven target languages, and the Ukrainian-only UberText 2.0 social media corpus. While Wikipedia edits were derived from human-made corrections, the Reddit and UberText 2.0 data were automatically corrected with the GPT-4o-mini model. The quality of the corrections in the datasets was evaluated both automatically and manually. Finally, we fine-tune two open-source large language models - Aya-Expanse (8B) and Gemma-3 (12B) - on the multilingual OmniGEC corpora and achieve state-of-the-art (SOTA) results for paragraph-level multilingual GEC. The dataset collection and the best-performing models are available on Hugging Face.


Defining, Understanding, and Detecting Online Toxicity: Challenges and Machine Learning Approaches

arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence

Online toxic content has grown into a pervasive phenomenon, intensifying during times of crisis, elections, and social unrest. A significant amount of research has been focused on detecting or analyzing toxic content using machine-learning approaches. The proliferation of toxic content across digital platforms has spurred extensive research into automated detection mechanisms, primarily driven by advances in machine learning and natural language processing. Overall, the present study represents the synthesis of 140 publications on different types of toxic content on digital platforms. We present a comprehensive overview of the datasets used in previous studies focusing on definitions, data sources, challenges, and machine learning approaches employed in detecting online toxicity, such as hate speech, offensive language, and harmful discourse. The dataset encompasses content in 32 languages, covering topics such as elections, spontaneous events, and crises. We examine the possibility of using existing cross-platform data to improve the performance of classification models. We present the recommendations and guidelines for new research on online toxic consent and the use of content moderation for mitigation. Finally, we present some practical guidelines to mitigate toxic content from online platforms.


Early humans reached Europe via an Ice Age land bridge from Turkey

Popular Science

The never-before-studied region'holds vital traces of early human activity.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It took time for ancient humans to finally arrive in present-day Europe . The common consensus is that some of the earliest trekked thousands of miles from Africa and across the Middle East before reaching the Balkans. However, an archaeological team in Turkey says a major historical reassessment is required after they discovered nearly 140 Stone Age artifacts along the country's Aegean coast.


Should you buy a soundbar for your TV? Here's our expert take

Daily Mail - Science & tech

Donald Trump's helicopter is forced to make an emergency landing with US President and Melania on board Disturbing full story of singer D4vd's relationship with girl, 13, found dismembered in his Tesla... as creepy messages, songs and links to stars are exposed'Signal 13' cop killer Matthew James Ruth donned camo and binoculars to stalk ex-girlfriend then slaughtered her helpless Labrador before murdering three officers I predicted Jimmy Kimmel's downfall. Want to understand why Disney's Bob Iger REALLY canceled Jimmy Kimmel? MARK HALPERIN brilliantly breaks down this seismic shift in America's culture war Melania insider JANE TIPPETT: I was aghast at that dress and hat, then it dawned on me... everyone has missed something quite radical Millions under tsunami threat as fallout from monster 7.8 earthquake threatens US Humiliating state of Joe Biden finances revealed: Unwanted president can't get a paid job and will likely die in debt'Israel-hating' man, 22, sports ponytail as plot to'assassinate' Republican governor is revealed Congressional staffer, 35, dies after CATCHING FIRE at her Texas home... as her eerie last words are revealed Charlie Kirk suspect's disturbing secret kinks: Sickening cache of porn searches revealed... his pedophile friend.. and'Furry Shades of Gay' game Mindset driving celebration of Charlie Kirk's death revealed... as Jimmy Kimmel is canceled over comments Chanel-toting'Karen' treats cops like servants as she's marched out of plane's first-class cabin for entitled behavior Jimmy Kimmel goes nuclear over ABC cancelling him for outrageous Charlie Kirk comments... as insiders reveal he ALREADY has new job plans Terrifying risks of new Ozempic trick celebrities swear by... but one woman tells us: 'I'm willing to take my chances' The unsolved family murder that haunted Robert Redford for decades... as police reveal'new evidence' on'killer' who is STILL one of America's most wanted Turning Point USA names Charlie Kirk's widow Erika as its new CEO Should you buy a soundbar for your TV? Here's our expert take Daily Mail journalists select and curate the products that feature on our site. And with them being sold and seen at just about every tech retailer, everyday shoppers are wondering two things: What do they do? Well, I'm here to give you my expert take on all-things soundbars and answer those burning questions, and then some.


Brendan Carr Isn't Going to Stop Until Someone Makes Him

WIRED

In the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, experts say the FCC commissioner's conduct is flatly unconstitutional. They also expect him to keep going. Brendan Carr speaks in Washington, DC, on September 9, 2025. In what has become an all-too-regular display from Brendan Carr, the Federal Communications Commission chairman used a podcast appearance Wednesday to flex his regulatory power. In this instance, he threatened action against broadcasters that refused to punish Jimmy Kimmel for remarks he made on his ABC show Monday night.


Move Aside, Chatbots: AI Humanoids Are Here

WIRED

Today on, we talk about why the AI industry is investing in the development of humanoid robots, and what that means for us non-robots. This week, WIRED learned that OpenAI is ramping up its efforts in robotics--specifically, by hiring researchers who work on AI systems for humanoid robots. Humanoids, robots built to resemble us and perform daily tasks, were famous for their clumsiness just a few years ago. Senior writer Will Knight tells us about how that's rapidly changing on today's episode cohosted by Michael Calore and senior correspondent Kylie Robison. Write to us at uncannyvalley@wired.com . You can always listen to this week's podcast through the audio player on this page, but if you want to subscribe for free to get every episode, here's how: If you're on an iPhone or iPad, open the app called Podcasts, or just tap this link . My Lord and Savior Lauren Goode, I'm so happy to fill in for her, but I miss her dearly. Also on the show this week, we have Will Knight, our AI expert at WIRED. Welcome back to the show, Will. Given the topic of today's episode, I want to ask you both. Do you have a favorite robot movie? Mine is The Iron Giant. I was just looking up when that came out because I swear I watched it on VHS as a kid. Yeah, I loved that movie. It's got a very sad ending. The robot is no longer.


"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" Is None of Those Things

The New Yorker

"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey" Is None of Those Things Kogonada's fantasy film, starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie, suggests that a great directorial talent is losing his way. In Kogonada's new film, Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie try gamely to overcome the thinness with which their characters have been imagined. If movies were given scores as figure skaters are, fantasy would start with a high rating for technical difficulty. The landings of the genre are hard to stick, because fantasy, by definition, isn't rooted in experience. No one has lived on a distant planet, in the far future, or any place where dragons or wizards rule--so, kudos to anyone who can make such realms feel truly lived in.


Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek's investment in AI military

The Guardian

Massive Attack remove music from Spotify to protest against CEO Daniel Ek's investment in AI military The band cited a'moral and ethical burden' placed on artists by revenue from their work ultimately funding lethal technologies Massive Attack have become the latest act - and first major-label one - to pull their catalogue from Spotify in protest at founder Daniel Ek investing โ‚ฌ600m (ยฃ520m) in the military AI company Helsing. In June, Ek's venture capital firm Prima Materia led the defence tech firm's latest funding round. Helsing's software uses AI technology to analyse sensor and weapons system data from battlefields to inform real-time military decisions. It also makes its own military drone, the HX-2. Ek is also chairman of Helsing.


Eavesdropping on grunting groupers reveals how the fish communicate

Popular Science

Scientists listened to these Caribbean fish for over 2,000 hours. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The red hind grouper () is big on grunting. After analyzing over 2,000 hours of ocean acoustic recordings gathered over 12 years, marine biologists say that groupers convey specific messages to one another about courtship and territory with their grunts. And with the help of an advanced machine-learning tool, researchers now believe the observational approach detailed in a study published in the can help other scientists to better monitor fish populations, as well as improve ongoing conservation efforts for threatened species.


The new robot that could make chores a thing of the past

FOX News

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