People may learn from and replicate the skewed perspective of an artificial intelligence algorithm, and they carry this bias beyond their interactions with the AI
An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception
For the first time, a machine learning technique has revealed Greek words in CT scans of fragile rolled-up papyrus
New “multimodal” AI programs can do much more than respond to text—they also analyze images and chat aloud
Some Japanese researchers feel that AI systems trained on foreign languages cannot grasp the intricacies of Japanese language and culture
There are talented scientists worldwide who do not speak fluent English. We have to accommodate the language barrier or risk losing their potential
Debate rages over which languages can claim to have the earliest origin
Researchers are still struggling to understand how AI models trained to parrot Internet text can perform advanced tasks such as running code, playing games and trying to break up a marriage...
Effective regulation of AI needs grounded science that investigates real harms, not glorified press releases about existential risks
As AI-generated content fills the Internet, it’s corrupting the training data for models to come. What happens when AI eats itself?
Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian
Lawyers and nonlawyers alike prefer contracts written in plain English
Large language models such as ChatGPT tend to make things up. A new approach now allows the systems to explain their responses—at least partially
An endangered language family suggests that early humans used their bodies as a model for reality
Indigenous groups are developing data storage technology that gives users privacy and control. Could their work influence those fighting back against invasive apps?
The 1934 puzzle book Cain’s Jawbone stumped all but a handful of humans. Then AI took the case
OpenAI just released an updated version of its text-generating artificial intelligence program. Here’s how GPT-4 improves on its predecessor
Portable sensors and artificial intelligence are helping researchers decode animal communication—and begin to talk back to nonhumans
Scientists cannot always differentiate between research abstracts generated by the AI ChatGPT and those written by humans
Languages from Hindi to Korean tone down swear words by inserting gentler consonants into speech. Here’s how “Let’s go Brandon” got started
