Language

The Tsimane’ language divides the rainbow into blackish, reddish and whitish. But bilingual Spanish and Tsimane’ speakers are changing that

Most machine-learning models rely on mountains of data to replicate human text, but new research suggests the recipe for learning language might be simpler

The best fiction, nonfiction, history and sci-fi books Scientific American staff read in 2023

AI chatbots can convince other chatbots to instruct users how to build bombs and cook meth

A new study has found that the use of AI tools such as ChatGPT in the workplace entrenches biased language based on gender

A college professor and his students explain what they learned from bringing ChatGPT into the classroom

A new tool based on machine learning uses features of writing style to distinguish between human and AI authors

A machine-learning model helps identify and measure the prevailing buzz about peace in the news cycle

An Aboriginal language provides unexpected insight into how language influences perception

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

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