Word of the Day22h ago

#WordOfTheDay #MerriamWebster 20 March 2026

eureka

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/eureka-2026-03-20

Word of the Day: Eureka

When people exclaim “Eureka!” they are harking back to a legendary event in the life of the Greek mathematician and inventor Archimedes. While wrestling with the problem of how to determine the purity

Jimmy Bergkvist1d ago

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Word of the Day1d ago

#WordOfTheDay #MerriamWebster 19 March 2026

nadir

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/nadir-2026-03-19

Word of the Day: Nadir

Nadir is part of the galaxy of scientific words that have come to us from Arabic, a language that has made important contributions to the English lexicon especially in the fields of mathematics,

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La #Enciclopedia #Británica y #Merriam-Webster demandan a #OpenAI por usar sus artículos sin permiso para entrenar a #ChatGPT, alegando infracción de #derechos de #autor. www.20minutos.es/tecnologia/i...

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OpenAI se enfrenta a una batalla legal: ChatGPT "canibalizó" el tráfico web de una famosa enciclopedia

La Enciclopedia Británica y Merriam-Webster demandan a OpenAI por usar sus artículos sin permiso para entrenar a ChatGPT, alegando infracción de derechos de autor.

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Word of the Day2d ago

#WordOfTheDay #MerriamWebster 18 March 2026

jejune

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/jejune-2026-03-18

Word of the Day: Jejune

Starved for excitement? You won't get it from something jejune. The term comes to us from the Latin word jejunus, which means 'empty of food,' 'hungry,' or 'meager.' When English speakers first used

Winbuzzer3d ago

https://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/17/encyclopedia-britannica-sues-openai-copyright-chatgpt-xcxwbn/

Encyclopedia Britannica Sues OpenAI Over 100,000 Copied Articles

#AI #ChatGPT #OpenAI #CopyrightInfringement #FairUse #CopyrightLaws #IntellectualProperty #Legal #Litigation #EncyclopediaBritannica #MerriamWebster #AICopyright

ResearchBuzz: Firehose3d ago

TechCrunch: The dictionary sues OpenAI. “Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant has committed ‘massive copyright infringement.'”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/techcrunch-the-dictionary-sues-openai/
TechCrunch: The dictionary sues OpenAI

TechCrunch: The dictionary sues OpenAI. “Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging in its complaint that the AI giant has committed ‘mass…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose
Word of the Day3d ago

#WordOfTheDay #MerriamWebster 17 March 2026

Erin go bragh

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/erin%20go%20bragh-2026-03-17

Word of the Day: Erin Go Bragh

March 17th is the feast day of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick. In the United States, it is also the day of shamrocks, leprechauns, and green beer (and green everything else). Blue was once

WinFuture.de3d ago
#EncyclopediaBritannica verklagt #OpenAI: Fast 100.000 #Lexikon-Einträge sollen #illegal für das #Training von #ChatGPT verwendet worden sein. Auch #MerriamWebster ist betroffen. https://winfuture.de/news,157522.html?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=ManualStatus&utm_campaign=SocialMedia
Lexikon- & Wörterbuch-Verlag klagt: ChatGPT illegal trainiert

Der Verlag hinter der am längsten verlegten Enzyklopädie in englischer Sprache und diversen weltbekannten Wörterbüchern hat Klage gegen das von Microsoft mit Milliardensummen unterstützte KI-Unternehmen OpenAI eingereicht.

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Word of the Day4d ago

#WordOfTheDay #MerriamWebster 16 March 2026

putative

https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-of-the-day/putative-2026-03-16

Word of the Day: Putative

There's no need to make assumptions about the root behind putative—we know it comes from a form of the Latin verb putare, which means 'to consider' or 'to think.' Putative is a rather formal word that