Schlagwort: Language
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Missing link found in the history of Indo-European languages
New insights into our linguistic roots by analysing ancient DNA Vienna/Austria February 5, 2025 Where did the Indo-European language family originate? Ron Pinhasi and his team from the Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna, in collaboration with David Reich from Harvard University, have found a new piece to the puzzle. They analysed…
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How languages make compromises More complex languages seem to be more efficient
Languages are structurally complex, but at the same time people need to communicate effectively. How can this be reconciled? To investigate this, researchers at the Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS) in Mannheim trained computer language models with more than 6500 documents in over 2000 languages. The result: languages that are more difficult for…
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How can we optimise the use of large language models to create a smarter and more inclusive society?
Under the leadership of the Copenhagen Business School and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (MPIB) in Berlin, researchers are investigating the use of large language models, known as LLMs, which are primarily digital and appear on the Internet. The language models developed as collective intelligence are intended to highlight the opportunities and risks…
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Language helps artificial networks to learn
Bonn researchers get to the bottom of the social aspect of communication for mental activity – Across all species, important skills for survival, such as hunting prey, are passed on from parents to offspring through communication. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn were able to show that effective language-like…
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Measuring Body Language – on the trail of emotions
Under the Lead of Max-Planck-Institut for empirische Ästhetik (MPIEA) developed an international and interdisciplinary Team if and hiw Humans her own Emotions through Body language gives expression. Fundamental movement concepts that take place from the inside of the body, at the interface between the neuronal connection and the muscles and joints are called interoception. Frankfurt…