In artificial intelligence and natural language processing (NLP), a token is a single unit of text used by language models to process and generate information. Tokens can represent words, subwords, characters, or even punctuation marks, depending on how the model is designed. During training and inference, AI models break text into tokens to understand structure, meaning, and context. For example, a short sentence might be divided into several tokens that the model analyzes sequentially to predict the next word or generate coherent text. The concept of tokens is essential for managing input length, optimizing performance, and calculating costs in large language models.
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Apple introduced Apple Creator Studio, a subscription bundle combining professional creative apps with new AI-driven features across video, music, imaging, and productivity tools. The offering expands Apple’s push into intelligent software workflows for creators.
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The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants will discontinue remote exams from March 2026, citing rising misconduct linked to AI tools. Most candidates will return to in-person test centers.
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Anthropic is committing $30 billion in Azure compute as part of a major new partnership with Microsoft and Nvidia, expanding Claude and deepening collaboration on AI infrastructure.
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