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Harvard and Yale researchers find lost ‘golden age’ of language

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  • Updated Jul 25, 2026

Humanity had a "golden age" of linguistic diversity when tens of thousands of languages were spoken worldwide between 1,000 and 3,000 years.

Large language models often prioritize Western moral values, overlooking other cultures
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Large language models often prioritize Western moral values, overlooking other cultures

  • Aliah Zewail, UMass Amherst and Alexandra Figueroa, University of California, Berkeley
  • Jul 14, 2026

Generative AI’s overemphasis on Western moral concerns could reinforce global disparities in sensitive applications such as public health messaging and global communication.

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Researchers say the changes might reflect changes in culture in "more individualistic" societies.

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The Constitution promises an interpreter for fair trials – US courts often can’t deliver

  • Carol Rose Little, University of Oklahoma
  • Updated Jun 12, 2026

Federal protections promise a fair trial in a language you understand, but for millions who speak lesser-known languages, courts can’t keep that promise.

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To ‘86’ occasionally means to kill but usually doesn’t: A linguistic investigation into the Instagram threat charge against James Comey

  • Phillip M. Carter, Florida International University
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Does a seashell arrangement in the form of the numerals ‘86 47’ amount to a criminal threat to assassinate President Donald Trump, as prosecutors suggest?

Voice AI in healthcare: Strategy, safety, and deployment for health systems
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Voice AI in healthcare: Strategy, safety, and deployment for health systems

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Quiq reports that voice AI in healthcare enhances efficiency and access, reducing costs and no-shows while improving patient satisfaction through accurate scheduling and compliance.

Immigrant patients often choose doctors with a shared cultural background – what they are seeking isn’t sameness but connection
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Immigrant patients often choose doctors with a shared cultural background – what they are seeking isn’t sameness but connection

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Feeling heard and understood by a medical provider is a crucial part of healthcare for patients.

Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing
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Button-pushing explorers: How to grasp that AI agents can do amazing things while knowing nothing

  • Ji Y. Son, California State University, Los Angeles and Alice Xu, University of California, Los Angeles
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Today’s AI systems are powerful, and it’s natural to see them as having humanlike intelligence. Shaking that illusion is important – and difficult to do.

New reading textbooks, same problem: Why children’s reading scores in the US aren’t rising
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New reading textbooks, same problem: Why children’s reading scores in the US aren’t rising

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There are many literacy textbooks available but no clear way to determine which ones are the best – and most likely to turn kids into better readers.

Bristol Elementary School awarded $25K literacy grant
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Bristol Elementary School awarded $25K literacy grant

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BRISTOL ― Bristol Elementary School is one of 14 schools in New Hampshire and Vermont selected to receive the Children’s Literacy Foundation’s…

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