Mother Language Day: What it is, and why it's important
On February 21, the world observes International Mother Language Day. But what is the significance of the "mother tongue?" ...
How AI is affecting the way kids learn to read and write
Resistance to artificial intelligence persists among some of the nation's English teachers. Some have caught students using ...
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Why “Ow!” Needs Absolutely No Translation
In line with the idea that certain sounds may coincide with particular emotions, researchers have found that words may ...
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Identifying English Learners in Pre-K: State Policies, Rationale, and Practices
See here to read our first blog post that describes findings from a 50-state scan of policies and guidance for identifying ...
Large Language Models Pose Growing Security Risks
More powerful and pervasive large language models are creating a new cybersecurity challenge for companies.
Three States Are Transforming Their Labor Markets With English Language Learning
In a tight labor market where businesses struggle to find qualified workers, three states are investing in English language learning to build a more resilient workforce.
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MIT Study Shows Large Language Models Think in English Before Reasoning in Other Languages
MIT researchers discovered that large language models (LLMs) process diverse data through a central "semantic hub," similar ...
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Like human brains, large language models reason about diverse data in a general way
While early language models could only process text, contemporary large language models now perform highly diverse tasks on ...