Human language can be inefficient. Some words are vital. Others, expendable. Reread the first sentence of this story. Just two words, "language" and "inefficient," convey almost the entire meaning of ...

Some people may seem to have an aversion to learning other languages. For Americans, this could be because English is by far the most popular second language worldwide. When traveling, there’s a good ...

Fluent Forever, a startup that uses a novel learning system to help its users master a new language faster, has raised a $4.9 million funding round led by Denver-based Stout Street Capital. Other ...

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A hardware and software system called SpAtten streamlines state-of-the-art natural language processing. The advance could reduce the computing power, energy, and time required for text analysis and ...