#languageandlanguages — Public Fediverse posts

Matthew Rhys Is on a Tear. If Only He Knew It.

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/magazine/matthew-rhys-interview.html

Europe Today Looks Different From the One Trump’s Team Describes

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/15/world/europe/europe-rubio-munich.html

Their Secret to a Happy Marriage? A Translation App

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/technology/they-are-in-love-but-dont-speak-the-same-language.html

Dogs Build Their Vocabularies Like Toddlers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/science/dogs-research-vocabulary-toys.html

‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/science/jane-goodall-chimpanzees-career.html

Whose Punctuation Is More Human: Yours or A.I.’s? - The debate about ChatGPT’s use of the em dash signifies a shift in not only how we write,... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/magazine/chatgpt-dash-hyphen-writing-communication.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #textmessaging #openailabs #chatgpt #grammar

Broadway’s ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ Asks: Can Robots Fall in Love? - “Maybe Happy Ending” had an initial Korean-language production in Seoul in 2016. Here are... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/08/theater/maybe-happy-ending-broadway-criss.html #maybehappyending(play) #aronsonwill(composer) #languageandlanguages #theater(broadway) #robotsandrobotics #korean-americans #asian-americans #parkhue(1983-) #love(emotion) #crissdarren #loneliness #southkorea #shenhelenj #theater

When A.I. Fails the Language Test, Who Is Left Out of the Conversation? - The use of artificial intelligence is exploding around the world, but the technology’s la... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/technology/ai-language-gap.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #stanforduniversity #anthropicaillc #unitedstates #openailabs #cohereinc #googleinc #start-ups #research #vietnam #africa #europe

First Came ‘Spam.’ Now, With A.I., We’ve Got ‘Slop’ - A new term has emerged to describe dubious A.I.-generated material. - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/11/style/ai-search-slop.html #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #hammondkristian #aleksikadam #googleinc

The New ChatGPT Offers a Lesson in AI Hype - OpenAI released GPT-4o, its latest chatbot technology, in a partly finished state. It has... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/31/technology/personaltech/chatgpt-4o-openai-review.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #internal-truncator #tutorsandtutoring #khansal(1976-) #altmansamuelh #mathematics #openailabs #chatgpt

From Baby Talk to Baby A.I. - Could a better understanding of how infants acquire language help us build smarter A.I. m... - https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/30/science/ai-infants-language-learning.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #sensesandsensation #your-feed-science #babiesandinfants #anthropicaillc

How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue - For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexe... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/technology/amazon-alexa-irish.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #speakers(audio) #englishlanguage #dublin(ireland) #voiceandspeech #amazon.cominc

How Amazon Taught Alexa to Speak in an Irish Brogue - For Alexa to speak like a Dubliner, Amazon researchers had to crack a problem that’s vexe... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/01/technology/how-amazon-taught-alexa-to-speak-in-an-irish-brogue.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #speakers(audio) #englishlanguage #dublin(ireland) #voiceandspeech #amazon.cominc

Would Large Language Models Be Better If They Weren’t So Large? - Teaching fewer words to large language models might help them sound more human. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/science/ai-chatbots-language-learning-models.html #computersandtheinternet #deepmindtechnologiesltd #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #your-feed-science #chomskynoam #openailabs

Would Large Language Models Be Better If They Weren’t So Large? - Teaching fewer words to large language models might help them sound more human. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/science/ai-chatbots-anguage-learning.html #computersandtheinternet #deepmindtechnologiesltd #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #your-feed-science #chomskynoam #openailabs

A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading - In a recent experiment, researchers used large language models to translate brain activit... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/science/ai-speech-language.html #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #your-feed-science #your-feed-health #openailabs #googleinc #brain

Ukraine’s Social Media Stars Ditch Russian in Pivot to a War Footing - Russian was once the lingua franca of influencers in Ukraine. Now, not so much. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/world/europe/ukraine-social-media-influencers.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #russianinvasionofukraine(2022) #computersandtheinternet #internationalrelations #languageandlanguages #zelenskyvolodymyr #putinvladimirv #instagraminc #socialmedia #youtube.com #ukraine #russia

GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary - Today, the new language model from OpenAI may not seem all that dangerous. But the worst ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/technology/gpt-4-artificial-intelligence-openai.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #openailabs #chatgpt

Cómo funcionan los chatbots y más dudas de inteligencia artificial - Los softwares que simulan conversaciones no tienen conciencia. Te explicamos cómo funcion... - https://www.nytimes.com/es/2023/02/19/espanol/chatbot-como-funciona.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #contenttype:service #searchengines #microsoftcorp #openailabs #software

Why Chatbots Sometimes Act Weird and Spout Nonsense - No, chatbots aren’t sentient. Here’s how their underlying technology works. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/chatbots-explained.html #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #contenttype:service #searchengines #microsoftcorp #openailabs #software

Can We Talk About How We Talk About the Weather? - When the barometer drops, the hyperbole rises, and meteorologists aren’t happy about it. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/weather-forecasts-language.html #nationaloceanicandatmosphericadministration #nationalcenterforatmosphericresearch #americanmeteorologicalsociety #hurricanesandtropicalstorms #languageandlanguages #coldandcoldspells #your-feed-science #heatandheatwaves #cyclones #weather #drought #floods #rain #wind

‘Polar Vortex’ Got You Baffled? Try This Extreme-Weather Guide - A handy explanation of some of the newer climatological verbiage. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/science/extreme-weather-explainer.html #nationaloceanicandatmosphericadministration #unitedstatesgeologicalsurvey #languageandlanguages #your-feed-science #globalwarming #unitedstates #california #cyclones #weather #floods #hawaii

Leg Booty? Panoramic? Seggs? How TikTok Is Changing Language - A new vocabulary — a little fun, a little dystopian — has emerged on the social video pla... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/style/tiktok-avoid-moderators-words.html #indecencyobscenityandprofanity #computersandtheinternet #languageandlanguages #mobileapplications #tiktok(bytedance) #englishlanguage #socialmedia #generationz #youth #slang

Misinformation Swirls in Non-English Languages Ahead of Midterms - More multilingual fact-checking groups are pushing back against misleading translations, ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/12/business/media/midterms-foreign-language-misinformation.html #right-wingextremismandalt-right #congressionalhispaniccaucus #rumorsandmisinformation #midtermelections(2022) #languageandlanguages #vietnamese-americans #conspiracytheories #asian-americans #spanishlanguage #socialmedia #elections

Did My Cat Just Hit On Me? An Adventure in Pet Translation - Entrepreneurs are aiming to put A.I.-powered pet translation tools into our pockets. - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/science/cats-pets-ommunication-artificial-intelligence.html #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #mobileapplications #your-feed-science #animalcognition #animalbehavior #meowtalk #animals #pets #cats

We Need to Talk About How Good A.I. Is Getting - We’re in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence. It’s time to start taking i... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/technology/ai-technology-progress.html #computersandtheinternet #deepmindtechnologiesltd #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #socialmedia #facebookinc #openailabs #research

A.I. Is Mastering Language. Should We Trust What It Says? - OpenAI’s GPT-3 and other neural nets can now write original prose with mind-boggling flue... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/magazine/ai-language.html #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #computersandtheinternet #deepmindtechnologiesltd #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #writingandwriters #alphabetinc #facebookinc #openailabs #talesegay #software #enobrian #muskelon

Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know? - Neuroscientists are exploring whether shapes like squares and rectangles — and our abilit... - https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/science/geometry-math-brain-primates.html #psychologyandpsychologists #computersandtheinternet #artificialintelligence #languageandlanguages #your-feed-science #animalcognition #animalbehavior #monkeysandapes #mathematics #symbols #france #brain

How to Talk to the World Through Free Translation Apps - Open up Google Translate or Apple’s Translate and your mobile device turns into your pers... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/technology/personaltech/google-apple-translate-language.html #android(operatingsystem) #ios(operatingsystem) #languageandlanguages #mobileapplications

Why Use a Dictionary in the Age of Internet Search? - Dictionaries reward you for paying attention, both to the things you consume and to your ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/13/magazine/dictionary-recommendation.html #languageandlanguages #merriam-websterinc #englishlanguage #dictionaries #googleinc #wikipedia