Altman is right: AI is changing the way we talk, and the implications are profound.

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

How do these large language model (LLM) programs work? OpenAI’s GPT-3 told us that AI uses “a series of autocomplete-like programs to learn language” and that these programs analyze “the statistical ...

Social media has birthed an entire lexicon replicated by millions online — even if these words don’t actually mean skibidi. On today’s show,... How algorithms are changing the way we speak ANNOUNCER: ...

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How to show a heart — the universal symbol of love — has shifted on the internet over the years, driven by new technology. By Sheera Frenkel Sheera Frenkel, who reports on social media from San ...