Thinking Machines open sources first multimodal language model, Inkling, focused on low cost and 'resistance to censorship'

An Apache 2.0 designation makes Inkling a true open-source foundation. This gives developers the legal freedom to download, ...
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What is Synthetic Difference-in-Differences (Synthetic DiD)? ── Introducing a Cutting-Edge Causal Inference Method

The methods for measuring the effects of policies have changed significantly over the last decade. The Difference-in-Differences (DiD) method has been re-examined, the Synthetic Control Method has ...
The Lancet

Parkinson's disease genetics across diverse ancestries: an observational genetic study of causal and risk variants with translational implications

eCenter for Alzheimer's and Related Dementias (CARD), National Institute on Aging and National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United ...
University of Waterloo

ECO-01: From FACETS to CAMO—An Extraction Pipeline for Causal Ecological Knowledge

Problem area Ecological literature contains rich causal claims about restoration and conservation interventions and their outcomes, but that knowledge is locked in unstructured prose. Manual ...