The late, great sinologist Simon Leys once pointed out a peculiar paradox. China is the world’s oldest surviving civilization, and yet very little material of its past remains—far less than in Europe ...

Early writing is a tale of two scripts. Egyptian hieroglyphs and Mesopotamian cuneiform both emerged independently about 5300 years ago. The political powers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia ...

When Jared Hewitt’s co-worker claimed last winter that Hewitt used AI to write an incident report, she did it publicly. “And I work at a day care, so she was berating me in front of children,” he says ...

In 1839, English writer and politician Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” On a chilly February evening nearly 200 years later, nine writers gathered at the Loft Literary ...

Poetry and artificial intelligence can appear as opposites—one deeply human; the other cold and mechanical. Sasha Stiles sees them as expressions of the same impulse. Poetry, the Kalmyk- American poet ...

This Christmas, let’s gift California an insurance policy. No, not an insurance policy for our homes — those are too expensive, if you can find one in the first place. Instead, let’s get an insurance ...

If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

In a new study, Apple researchers present a diffusion model that can write up to 128 times faster than its counterparts. Here’s how it works. Here’s what you need to know for this study: LLMs such as ...

Ensuring communications sent to state and local government agency clients are clear and understandable is crucial to ensure that individuals and families receive the services they need. Social ...

Italian Professor Alessandro Carrera was shocked when he counted the number of language graduates on the University of Houston’s commencement program in May. Around 20 undergraduates earned degrees in ...