In a new model for user interfaces, agents paint the screen with interactive UI components on demand. Let’s take a look.

anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics. In AI, this can include believing a ...

APPL is A Prompt Programming Language that extends Python to provide a Natural, Intuitive, Convenient, and Efficient (NICE) way to utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT in your program. We ...

Neural networks first treat sentences like puzzles solved by word order, but once they read enough, a tipping point sends them diving into word meaning instead—an abrupt “phase transition” reminiscent ...

These words don’t mean what they once did centuries ago. In Shakespeare’s time, “cunning” simply meant clever or intellectually sharp, without any shady undertones. Today, calling someone cunning ...

Newer languages might soak up all the glory, but these die-hard languages have their place. Here are eight languages developers still use daily, and what they’re good for. The computer revolution has ...

The demand for programming skills in 2026 centres around versatility, performance, and scalability as companies ramp up AI, cloud, and web services. Languages that combine ease of learning with ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since ...

Why do English speakers “bite the bullet,” when they are not anywhere near a battlefield or cannot with calcium teeth? Why must one “spill the beans” when the beans were never in a container to begin ...