If you’ve ever read the work of William Shakespeare, you should be fairly familiar with the phenomenon of language change. Now, a recent study published in Cognition shows that artificial intelligence (AI) can help us better understand — and even predict — changes to a given language.
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A conversation with the head of language services at the Olympics and Paralympics Games in Paris, 2024. She is also the writer in the...