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Study suggests newborn brains may already contain the roots of language and empathy

A new study reports that two advanced cognitive capacities, language-related function and sensitivity to other people’s feelings, may have distinct origins in the brain from birth.

Key Takeaways

A new study links language and empathy-related function to distinct brain origins at birth.
The research is described as the first to show this pattern.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 27, 2026·via medicalxpress.com

AI Still Struggles With Local Language During Climate Disasters

New reporting highlights how AI systems can miss urgent meaning in regional phrasing and local language, limiting their usefulness during floods and other climate emergencies.

Key Takeaways

A flood-related example from Nigeria shows how local phrasing can carry urgent meaning that AI may miss.
The problem is larger than translation because disaster signals are often embedded in culture, slang, and dialect.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 9, 2026·via phys.org

Language may depend on rapid coordination across the brain, not one dominant center

Researchers say understanding language involves fast-moving exchanges across multiple brain regions, challenging older ideas that assigned the job to a single area.

Key Takeaways

Researchers say multiple brain regions rapidly exchange information during language processing.
The finding challenges the idea that one region does most of the work alone.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 1, 2026·via medicalxpress.com

Researchers Say AI Is Homogenizing Human Expression

A new study finds that large language models are narrowing the diversity of human written expression, raising concerns about cultural and intellectual homogenization.

Key Takeaways

AI-assisted texts show reduced vocabulary diversity and more uniform structures
Effect is strongest across languages, imposing English-dominant patterns globally

DT Editorial Team·Mar 12, 2026·4 min read·via gizmodo.com