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While innovations like ChatGPT are celebrated globally, the cost of implementing ChatGPT in non-English languages, especially Indian languages poses a huge challenge.
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(Bloomberg) — China’s central bank unexpectedly lowered a key interest rate in a bid to invigorate an economy beset by a deepening property slump and lackluster consumer demand.
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China launched air and sea drills around Taiwan on Saturday, in what it said was a "stern warning" after the island's vice president visited the United States.
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Mountain treelines are rising in response to the climate crisis, a study has found.
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A few days after hosting the second Russia-Africa summit in Saint Petersburg at the end of July, Russian President Vladimir Putin called a cabinet meeting.
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