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During a summit, Sir Keir Starmer unveiled a four-point plan to work with Ukraine to end the war and defend the country from Russia, but not all countries appeared to stand behind the plan.

Natalie always thought she was healthy, until a doctor told her she was actually borderline diabetic. So she took matters into her own hands.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, experts have debated how widely AI language models would impact the world. A few years later, the picture is getting clear. According to new Stanford University-led research examining over 300 million text samples across multiple sectors, AI language models now assist in writing up to a quarter of professional communications across sectors. It's having a large impact, especially in less-educated parts of the United States. "Our study shows the emergence of a new reality in which firms, consumers and even international organizations substantially rely on generative AI for communications," wrote the researchers. The researchers tracked large language model (LLM) adoption across industries from January 2022 to September 2024 using a dataset that included 687,241 consumer complaints submitted to the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), 537,413 corporate press releases, 304.3 million job postings, and 15,919 United Nations press releases. By using a statistical detection system that tracked word usage patterns, the researchers found that roughly 18 percent of financial consumer complaints (including 30 percent of all complaints from Arkansas), 24 percent of corporate press releases, up to 15 percent of job postings, and 14 percent of UN press releases showed signs of AI assistance during that period of time. The study also found that while urban areas showed higher adoption overall (18.2 percent versus 10.9 percent in rural areas), regions with lower educational attainment used AI writing tools more frequently (19.9 percent compared to 17.4 percent in higher-education areas). The researchers note that this contradicts typical technology adoption patterns where more educated populations adopt new tools fastest. "In the consumer complaint domain, the geographic and demographic patterns in LLM adoption present an intriguing departure from historical technology diffusion trends where technology adoption has generally been concentrated in urban areas, among higher-income groups, and populations with higher levels of educational attainment." "Arkansas showed the highest adoption rate at 29.2 percent (based on 7,376 complaints), followed by Missouri at 26.9 percent (16,807 complaints) and North Dakota at 24.8 percent (1,025 complaints)," notes Ars. "In contrast, states like West Virginia (2.6 percent), Idaho (3.8 percent), and Vermont (4.8 percent) showed minimal AI writing adoption. Major population centers demonstrated moderate adoption, with California at 17.4 percent (157,056 complaints) and New York at 16.6 percent (104,862 complaints)." The study was listed on the arXiv preprint server in mid-February.

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David Clark, 59, was running through a field with his dogs in Coalsgarth Valley, North Yorkshire on September 21, 2020, when he was surrounded by a group of cattle.

Inside Gaza: Israel-Hamas at War was produced by Channel 4 News and ITN, and last year won a Bafta and an International Emmy for war reporting.

Argentinian businessman Rogelio Nores also admitted his close pal had asked him for drugs just like he did another '40 million people' at times but he never gave him what he wanted.

'Zelensky wants a forever war, a never-ending graft meat grinder. This is evil,' Musk said in reaction to Donald Trump's Truth Social post lashing out at Zelensky.

A 16-year-old girl was twice able to buy Wegovy at Boots as part of an undercover probe after giving a fake date of birth which was not challenged.

The King's latest embrace of a world leader came today, 24 hours after being hailed for showing solidarity to Ukraine's President Zelensky at his Norfolk estate.

In the clip, shared online by the streaming service, the Duchess of Sussex, based in Montecito, is filmed putting together colourful pieces of produce in an artful display.

The pair were spotted at the restaurant Tre Luna in Montecito, close to the California home Meghan shares with husband Prince Harry and their two children.

Main signs of doggy depression include an increase in barking, having a low or tucked tail, pacing around or trembling.

Harry Holton is part of a worrying new trend known as 'auditing' which sees creators harass innocent landowners and security guards to create controversial videos to be posted on social media.

The fashion legend, 75, was captured while out and about in Milan on Friday as she donned a stylish grey print Thom Browne maxi coat.

To help guide would-be visitors towards the most captivating destinations in the Caribbean Which? Travel polled 647 people who've been there and asked them for their favourite spots.

Donald Trump may do business out of the White House and Mar-a-Lago but a move strictly out of the fictional New Jersey of TV classic The Sopranos he used to show Volodymyr Zelensky he was 'cooked.'

A study found that in six English-speaking countries worldwide a booming mental health crisis meant the youth were no longer one of the happiest generations

A Lincolnshire school has banned mirrors in school toilets after head teacher Grant Edgar said they encourage pupils to spend 'too much time in them'.

Heather, 65, was rushed to Queen's Medical Centre in Nottingham on the Channel 4 show after being found collapsed in the park.

A blood test that detects tiny fragments shed by bowel cancer cells could help catch the disease at its earliest stage, increasing the chances of survival.