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Artificial intelligence and linguistics

ConlangCrafter lets AI build languages with their own grammar

ConlangCrafter combines phonology, grammar, vocabulary and translation in an automated pipeline. It creates varied constructed languages, although their internal consistency remains imperfect.

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Artificial intelligence and energy

AI steers tokamak plasma in 20-millisecond control loops

The PACMAN framework controlled five live experiments on the DIII-D tokamak. Its feedback loop runs in about 20 milliseconds and can anticipate certain instabilities before they form.

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Artificial intelligence

Is AI making us all write the same way?

Writing assistants can improve a text quickly, but they may also reduce stylistic diversity. The real challenge is benefiting from the tool without surrendering your own voice.