When training large language models on human speech, they have the entire history of human communication to pull from. For ...

Most people learn to count and do basic arithmetic at a young age and don’t give these skills a second thought. But numerosity or numeracy, the ability to think about and use numbers, is more than a ...

The animals’ complex songs share structural patterns with human language that may make them easier for whales to learn, a new study suggests. By Emily Anthes The English language is full of wonderful ...

For all the world’s linguistic diversity, human languages still obey certain universal patterns. These run deeper than grammar and syntax; they’re rooted in statistical laws that predict how ...

Language is full of visual aphorisms. Seeing is believing. A picture is worth a thousand words. Out of sight, out of mind. The list goes on. This is because we humans draw so much meaning from our ...