If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive — and grating — voice. Credit...Illustration by Giacomo Gambineri Supported by By Sam Kriss In the quiet hum of our digital ...

Ali Shaw’s Struggle to Make the New Sound Old Great stories have no origin or age. Think of Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea.” Yes, he wrote it down. But, the tale has a timeless quality. It’s as if ...

WASHINGTON — Aesop was a writer, possibly of African origin, who lived more than 2,500 years ago in Ancient Greece. But although he's long gone, his famous fables — or those credited to him, if not ...

Fables always are interesting little stories. I remember listening to them in kindergarten and watching the cartoon adaptations on TV. I remember loving how the animals could talk and how they made ...