Youth language is ever-evolving and serves an important role in development. It is more than slang—it's key in creating ...

Researchers have developed a novel framework for better understanding large language models (LLMs) by integrating principles from sociolinguistics.

Scientists have called for action to make artificial intelligence systems such as ChatGPT less racist and sexist. Large ...

The Traitors contestant Charlotte has lived in London her whole life but has adopted a Welsh accent to appear more ...

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI laid out plans Friday for a new corporate structure shifting away from control by a non-profit—an issue of contention for the artificial intelligence trailblazer. OpenAI was ...

He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as where someone lives. By Clay Risen William Labov, whose innovative research ...

William Labov, the father of sociolinguistics who spent decades recording how Philadelphians talk, calling the city the “gold standard” for studying language patterns, died Tuesday, Dec. 17, in his ...