Six Years After a Reckoning, Criterion Puts ‘Cinematic Blackness’ in Focus

Adding a curator, the Criterion Collection expanded its offerings and its vision of Black film. But auteurs continue to push ...

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Campaigners push for ‘black English’ to be taught in US schools to tackle 'harmful language hierarchies'

Campaigners are pushing for "black English" to be taught in American schools to tackle "harmful language hierarchies". Activists in California are calling for for the state's early years education ...
IEEE

Open the ‘Black Box’ of Large Language Models and Make Them Explainable in Construction

Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly being applied to support decision-making in construction. Yet, their value is constrained by opaque internal reasoning processes that limit ...
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Black Plastic Kitchen Tools Might Expose You to Toxic Chemicals. Here’s What to Use Instead.

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Katie Okamoto Katie Okamoto is an editor focusing on sustainability. She’s ...
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Continuous Object State Recognition for Cooking Robots Using Pre-Trained Vision-Language Models and Black-Box Optimization

Abstract: The state recognition of the environment and objects by robots is generally based on the judgement of the current state as a classification problem. On the other hand, state changes of food ...