An international team proposes replacing Hockett’s feature checklist with a model of language as a dynamic, multimodal, and socially evolving system.

Human language may seem messy and inefficient compared to the ultra-compact strings of ones and zeros used by computers—but our brains actually prefer it that way. New research reveals that while ...

Bragg, Marchan testify in federal trial of Spencer Gear. The former Sparks resident is accused of sending death threats to ...

Public debate about artificial intelligence in higher education has largely orbited a familiar worry: cheating. Will students ...

Mass attendees at St. Peter’s Basilica will be able to understand the readings, chants, and prayers live and in their own languages with a new AI-assisted translation system.

Much respect to the line cooks at Waffle House, who have to memorize a complex ordering code that sounds like becoming fluent in a second language.

Markdown is emerging in VS Code and Visual Studio 2026 as a version-controlled instruction layer that governs AI agents, ...

The Boston startup uses AI to translate and verify legacy software for defense contractors, arguing modernization can’t come at the cost of new bugs.

(Corrects second bullet point and paragraph 5 to show no current projects seek US federal stakes) By Sudip Kar-Gupta and Anne ...

A major update to Durham’s UDO is on pause after a convenience store operator threatened to sue, citing a zoning restriction that was tucked into an unrelated hurricane relief bill.

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026, MoSJE advisor Yogita Swaroop discussed using AI to improve government scheme outreach. PM Modi outlined a comprehensive roadmap for ethical, human-centric AI, ...