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For us linguists, the flurry of "word of the year" announcements from dictionaries and publishers is a holiday tradition as anticipated as mince pies. The words of the year aren't just a fun peek into ...

The ChatGPT-maker is releasing its “best model yet” as it faces new pressures from Google and other AI competitors. OpenAI has introduced GPT-5.2, its smartest artificial intelligence model yet, with ...

Internal code in iOS 26 has reportedly leaked Apple’s 2026 iPad roadmap. Folks at MacWorld cite code for a pre-release iOS 26 build, claiming that the new baseline iPad will carry the codenames “J581” ...

OpenAI is deprioritizing work on advertising as it focuses on improving the quality of ChatGPT, reports The Information. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declared a "code red" on Monday, and told employees that ...

Codex Max processes massive workloads through improved context handling. Faster execution and fewer tokens deliver better real-world efficiency. First Windows-trained Codex enhances cross-platform ...

On Tuesday, Google released Gemini 3, its latest and most advanced foundation model, which is now immediately available through the Gemini app and AI search interface. Coming just seven months after ...

Whether you have buddies in the military or have watched a ton of war movies, you've probably heard several phrases that you didn't understand off the bat. There is a shorthand often used by the ...

From VVIP zones in Delhi to safe houses and drone labs in Kashmir - the NIA's crackdown deepens. Shiv Aroor explains how key arrests like bomber aide Amir and drone-modifier Wani reveal a broader ...

Collins’ Dictionary Word of the Year 2025 has been declared and it is ‘vibe coding.’ At its core, vibe coding relates to the use of AI, specifically large language models (LLMs), to turn natural ...

In their classic 1998 textbook on cognitive neuroscience, Michael Gazzaniga, Richard Ivry, and George Mangun made a sobering observation: there was no clear mapping between how we process language and ...

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