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Duolingo Outlines AI-First Strategy, Plans to Replace Contract Workers With AI Tools
Duolingo, the ed-tech platform focused on teaching languages, mathematics, and music, is making a decisive pivot towards becoming an AI-first company. On Monday, the company released an all-hands email from its CEO, Luis von Ahn, which highlighted the company’s vision for the near future. A major focus of this shift would be to phase out the comp...
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Besides Humans, This Primate Has Developed Language Skills, Say Scientists
Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into sentences.
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Robots Learn New Skills to Tackle Real-World Tasks with WildLMa Framework
Researchers from UC San Diego developed the WildLMa framework to boost the abilities of quadruped robots. Designed with imitation learning and AI, the system enables robots to complete multi-step tasks like picking up items and cleaning spaces. The framework incorporates Vision-Language Models and Large Language Models for enhanced adaptability in ...
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CBSE Releases Syllabus For Classes 9-12 For Academic Year 2024-25
CBSE Syllabus: Class 12 syllabus covers seven core areas including languages, Humanities, Mathematics, Sciences, Skill Subjects, General Studies, and Health and
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Chatbots Like ChatGPT That Won’t Take Bribes for Giving Advice a Hit in India
ChatGPT is gaining popularity in India and an AI trial that happened in Bangalore offered India’s domestic workers, waste recyclers and struggling farmers a hands-on experience with the new tool. The new tech can assist in professional communications, empower people who don’t have language skills and help those who have a disability.
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Germany Wants to Ease Visa Application Process, Relax Language Requirements for Indian IT Workers: Report
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that his government wants to ease the path for Indian information technology experts to obtain work visas in Germany. "We want to simplify the issuing of visas. We intend to modernize the whole bureaucratic process in addition to legal modernization," Scholz said while visiting India's Silicon Valley in Ben...
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Learning In Regional Language Makes Education Accessible To All: President
Learning in the mother tongue develops the creative thinking and analytical skills among students besides providing equal opportunities to urban and rural students, the President said.
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Delhi Government Signs Agreement To Improve English Language Skills Of School Students, Teachers
The agreement with Burlington English seeks to provide support to the students and teachers of Delhi Government’s Dr BR Ambedkar Schools of Specialised Excellence to develop global competencies in the English language.
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"Improved Mandarin Skills" In Army Strategy Amid Border Row With China
In the backdrop of the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh, the Army has upscaled its efforts to impart Chinese language training to its personnel as part of the overall strategy to ramp up surveillance along the over 3,400-km Line of Actual Contr
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Viral Video: US Man Orders Food In Tamil Language, Impressed Restaurant Owner Offers It For Free
A video is gaining traction on social media where a man in the United States is seen ordering food at a restaurant in New York in Tamil. The restaurant owner, impressed by the man's skills, offered the food to him for free.
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Here's How You Can Encourage Early Literacy at Home
Learn how to develop strong early language and literacy skills in your child.
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Foreign languages, Tamil Engineering Diplomas And More For Tamil Nadu Students
To enhance employability skills, the government has introduced teaching foreign languages such as German to final year students of state-run engineering colleges- Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy said.
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American Blogger Shocks Desi Restaurateurs By Speaking In Gujarati, Gets Free Food
An American blogger surprised restaurateurs by speaking in Gujarati, and he even got free food as a reward for it!
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Google Assistant Can Now Better Understand and Pronounce Unique Names
Google Assistant will better recognise and pronounce unique names while also better understanding the conversation between the users and the virtual assistant.
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International Mother Language Day 2021: Know History, Significance, Theme For This Year
International Mother Language Day 2021: The theme for this year’s International Mother Language Day celebration is “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society”. The day recognises that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion.
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Duolingo Outlines AI-First Strategy, Plans to Replace Contract Workers With AI Tools
Duolingo, the ed-tech platform focused on teaching languages, mathematics, and music, is making a decisive pivot towards becoming an AI-first company. On Monday, the company released an all-hands email from its CEO, Luis von Ahn, which highlighted the company’s vision for the near future. A major focus of this shift would be to phase out the comp...
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Besides Humans, This Primate Has Developed Language Skills, Say Scientists
Humans can effortlessly talk about an infinite number of topics, from neuroscience to pink elephants, by combining words into sentences.
-
Robots Learn New Skills to Tackle Real-World Tasks with WildLMa Framework
Researchers from UC San Diego developed the WildLMa framework to boost the abilities of quadruped robots. Designed with imitation learning and AI, the system enables robots to complete multi-step tasks like picking up items and cleaning spaces. The framework incorporates Vision-Language Models and Large Language Models for enhanced adaptability in ...
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CBSE Releases Syllabus For Classes 9-12 For Academic Year 2024-25
CBSE Syllabus: Class 12 syllabus covers seven core areas including languages, Humanities, Mathematics, Sciences, Skill Subjects, General Studies, and Health and
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Chatbots Like ChatGPT That Won’t Take Bribes for Giving Advice a Hit in India
ChatGPT is gaining popularity in India and an AI trial that happened in Bangalore offered India’s domestic workers, waste recyclers and struggling farmers a hands-on experience with the new tool. The new tech can assist in professional communications, empower people who don’t have language skills and help those who have a disability.
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Germany Wants to Ease Visa Application Process, Relax Language Requirements for Indian IT Workers: Report
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that his government wants to ease the path for Indian information technology experts to obtain work visas in Germany. "We want to simplify the issuing of visas. We intend to modernize the whole bureaucratic process in addition to legal modernization," Scholz said while visiting India's Silicon Valley in Ben...
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Learning In Regional Language Makes Education Accessible To All: President
Learning in the mother tongue develops the creative thinking and analytical skills among students besides providing equal opportunities to urban and rural students, the President said.
-
Delhi Government Signs Agreement To Improve English Language Skills Of School Students, Teachers
The agreement with Burlington English seeks to provide support to the students and teachers of Delhi Government’s Dr BR Ambedkar Schools of Specialised Excellence to develop global competencies in the English language.
-
"Improved Mandarin Skills" In Army Strategy Amid Border Row With China
In the backdrop of the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh, the Army has upscaled its efforts to impart Chinese language training to its personnel as part of the overall strategy to ramp up surveillance along the over 3,400-km Line of Actual Contr
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Viral Video: US Man Orders Food In Tamil Language, Impressed Restaurant Owner Offers It For Free
A video is gaining traction on social media where a man in the United States is seen ordering food at a restaurant in New York in Tamil. The restaurant owner, impressed by the man's skills, offered the food to him for free.
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Here's How You Can Encourage Early Literacy at Home
Learn how to develop strong early language and literacy skills in your child.
-
Foreign languages, Tamil Engineering Diplomas And More For Tamil Nadu Students
To enhance employability skills, the government has introduced teaching foreign languages such as German to final year students of state-run engineering colleges- Higher Education Minister K Ponmudy said.
-
American Blogger Shocks Desi Restaurateurs By Speaking In Gujarati, Gets Free Food
An American blogger surprised restaurateurs by speaking in Gujarati, and he even got free food as a reward for it!
-
Google Assistant Can Now Better Understand and Pronounce Unique Names
Google Assistant will better recognise and pronounce unique names while also better understanding the conversation between the users and the virtual assistant.
-
International Mother Language Day 2021: Know History, Significance, Theme For This Year
International Mother Language Day 2021: The theme for this year’s International Mother Language Day celebration is “Fostering multilingualism for inclusion in education and society”. The day recognises that languages and multilingualism can advance inclusion.
