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 ...

As language models (LMs) improve at tasks like image generation, trivia questions, and simple math, you might think that human-like reasoning is around the corner. In reality, they still trail us by a ...

The R language for statistical computing has creeped back into the top 10 in Tiobe’s monthly index of programming language popularity. “Programming language R is known for fitting statisticians and ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

Fawad Butt has served as chief data officer at Kaiser Permanente, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country. Today, he is CEO of Penguin Ai, a healthcare ...

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Amir is Founder of AI unicorn Avathon & Boeing/SC JV, SkyGrid. Recently, a friend asked me a question that's been floating around ...

What if writing code was as simple as having a conversation? Imagine describing your idea in plain language—”Create a responsive website with a contact form and a gallery”—and watching as functional ...

The technology is one of the strongest examples yet of how artificial intelligence can be used in a seamless, practical way to improve people’s lives. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

Did you know that, between 1976 and 1978, Microsoft developed its own version of the BASIC programming language? It was initially called Altair BASIC before becoming Microsoft BASIC, and it was ...

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