Natural language found more complex than it strictly needs to be—and for good reason

Human languages are complex phenomena. Around 7,000 languages are spoken worldwide, some with only a handful of remaining ...
UC Berkeley School of Information

Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022:

Pleasants E, Prata N, Upadhyay U, Marshall C, Cheshire C. "Using Natural Language Processing to Describe the Use of an Online Community for Abortion During 2022: Dynamic Topic Modeling Analysis of ...
Sky

How Sky News investigated X's algorithm for political bias

A Sky News investigation sought to track the balance of political conversation on X, and assess whether the social media platform's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content to users in the ...
Daily Mail

Train-wreck interview moment Liberal Party MP repeatedly fails to answer a simple question about net zero

The Liberal Party's climate spokesperson has repeatedly dodged answering whether any investment groups lobbied for the Coalition to ditch the net zero emissions target. Shadow Minister for Energy and ...
NPR

Are we cooked? Algorithms have rewired our language

On social media, the algorithm drives which words go viral. TikToker and writer Adam Aleksic (@etymologynerd) argues that what we consume on platforms is changing our language on and offline. Aleksic ...
Nature

Language articles from across Nature Portfolio

Language is a means of communicating complex ideas or feelings. Although human language can be verbal or non-verbal, it is more complex than any form of animal communication and reflects the culture ...