Human language is structured to minimize mental effort by using familiar, predictive patterns grounded in lived experience.

The disappearance of a mother tongue erodes cultural identity, community well-being, unique ecological knowledge systems, and ...

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The data inputs that enable modern search and recommendation systems were thought to be secure, but an algorithm developed by Cornell Tech researchers successfully teased out names, medical diagnoses ...

As the use of generative AI becomes increasingly common, we must beware of an algorithmic colonization of language and ...

Google DeepMind researchers have introduced ATLAS, a set of scaling laws for multilingual language models that formalize how ...

Deportation practices in the USA continue to undermine the communication and disability rights of asylum seekers with disabilities, especially deaf individuals, causing serious health consequences and ...

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If your starter word contains a rarely used letter, rethink your strategy. Here are the most commonly used letters in the alphabet. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture ...

A short sentence can fade fast. Another can hang around for minutes, or years. New research from MIT suggests the difference is not style or spelling. It is meaning. In a study of 500 people and 2,500 ...