This type of language can be either objective or subjective. Objective language includes making verifiable statements. Some ...

T he Economist has already chosen a word of 2025. The winner is representative, if not of the whole year, at least of much of the feeling of living in it. It is not a new word, but it is being used in ...

The print edition of Merriam-Webster was once a touchstone of authority and stability. Then the internet brought about a ...

At a time when businesses of all sizes rely on distinct, often unconventional brand names, the ruling provides clarity and predictability in how trademarks must be evaluated. When a St. Petersburg, ...

Microsoft has announced a new small language model called Fara-7B, which can be used to perform agentic tasks directly on the user’s device. Termed as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) model, Fara-7B uses ...

In the lifespan of TikTok, this is rather ancient news. Tweens and teens – not only those in the US, but also in Australia, Singapore, Vietnam and anywhere youths access social media – have been ...

LLMs are AI trained to generate text, crucial for various applications like chatbots. Training involves analyzing vast text data to learn language patterns and context. Concerns exist over copyright ...

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. From the founding of our Republic, English has been used as our national language. Our Nation’s historic governing documents, including the Declaration of Independence ...

“The Cherokee learned that if you ask a question and you are patient, after seven days it will answer itself.” The penultimate line from the first ever animation in the Cherokee language — named “The ...

Neural networks first treat sentences like puzzles solved by word order, but once they read enough, a tipping point sends them diving into word meaning instead—an abrupt “phase transition” reminiscent ...

My son is a wizard. He walks into the kitchen, looks at me and utters the magic words: “Can I have a cheese and tomato sandwich, please?” A few minutes later, just such a snack appears in front of him ...

Grunts, barks, screams and pants ring through Taï National Park in Cȏte d’Ivoire. Chimpanzees there combine these different calls like linguistic Legos to relay complex meanings when communicating, ...