As Java marks its 30th anniversary on May 23rd, it’s a powerful reminder that few technologies have had the longevity […]
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Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
Bonobos, great apes related to us and chimpanzees that live in the Republic of Congo, communicate with vocal calls including […]
Brains of parrots, unlike songbirds, use human-like vocal control
Skip to content A parrot called the budgerigar controls its vocalizations with a flexible system. Human speech arises courtesy of […]
Huh? The valuable role of interjections
Utterances like um, wow, and mm-hmm aren’t garbage—they keep conversations flowing. Interjections—one-word utterances that aren’t part of a larger sentence—used […]
To help AIs understand the world, researchers put them in a robot
There’s a difference between knowing a word and knowing a concept. Large language models like ChatGPT display conversational skills, but […]