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Crucially, DeepSeek is estimated to have cost a fraction of the amount it took to create American LLMs like ChatGPT and Claude.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Although only a small fraction of schizophrenia patients carry mutations in grin2a, the researchers suggest that dysfunction in this circuit may represent a shared mechanism underlying cognitive impairments in some patients.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

This year, pitchers, catchers and hitters can appeal umpires’ calls at home plate to a machine equipped with technology that can accurately track the ball’s location to within a fraction of an inch.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

According to a new study by Northwestern Mutual, Americans’ heightened expectations for how much they’ll need for retirement come as actual retirement savings remain a fraction of that goal for many.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

I don’t think it was equipped to handle even a fraction of the masses here.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman