If you’ve noticed an influx of AI features in your gadgets this year, you’re not alone. More than any other year, 2025 was a ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

Merriam-Webster is the latest in a string of dictionaries to choose words of the year based on our relationship with technology and artificial intelligence.

Language is the foundation of business, culture, and consciousness. But AI isn’t just using our words—it’s reshaping them. Quietly, subtly, it’s dismantling the architecture of thought by eroding what ...

"Slop" was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud, but it evolved more generally to mean something of little value.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tor Constantino is an ex-reporter, turned AI consultant & tech writer. AI large language model upgrades and rollouts are on a roll ...

From adoption to optimization, the next phase will drive innovation without compromising efficiency and sustainability.

My task for our AI overlords was simple: help me crack the New York Times Spelling Bee. I had spent a large chunk of a Saturday evening trying to shape the letters G, Y, A, L, P, O and N into as many ...

The AI program was way less cute than a real baby. But like a baby, it learned its first words by seeing objects and hearing words. Some ideas of language learning hold that humans are born with ...

AI makes a significant mark on the "Word of the Year" lists at Oxford, Cambridge, and Merriam-Webster, reflecting the dominance of artificial intelligence in the technological landscape of 2023.

Several forces contribute to this cycle of AI hype and disappointment. 1. Marketing pressure: Calling a product AI-powered ...

Merriam-Webster chose "slop" as its word of the year for 2025, and that is correct because AI trash is everywhere. The post ...