'ChatGPT for birdsong' may shed light on how language is wired in the human brain

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Feb 12, 2025, 5:25 pm1.3k ptsInterestingTop
Just like ChatGPT and other generative language models train on human texts to create grammatically correct sentences, a new modeling method by researchers at Penn State trains on recordings of birds to create accurate birdsongs. The results could improve understanding of the structure of birdsong and its…

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