An insight into the way machines make meaning. A few years ago I used an algorithm to help me write a science fiction story. Adam Hammond, an English professor, and Julian Brooke, a computer scientist ...

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Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. What if instead of searching through menus within programs like Microsoft Excel, our computers could understand the problem we’re trying ...

Spoiler alert: there's nothing in there. There’s even a technological counterattack, as companies roll out technology designed to detect software-composed writing. But the bottom line is that ChatGPT ...

Could your next editor be a machine? Today, dozens of companies offer writing-critique services online, with programs that offer to catch your errors, tweak your use of passive voice, and improve your ...

Sometimes there’s a little crack in the web that is just big enough to catch a glimpse of who the robots running the show think you are. But much of the time, there’s no way to tell why information is ...

Sep. 28—When Mark Jensenius was a baby, his family lived near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. His mother, Linda, would take him for walks, and he would look up at the planes passing ...