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UC Berkeley linguistics professor emeritus George Lakoff is being sued for comments he made about potential Russian influence in the 2016 election.
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Siri — a form of artificial intelligence used in iPhones — can understand a lot; however, if you ask Siri if it “grasps” the concepts lobbed its way, the intelligence reveals its artificiality.
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A group of UC Berkeley researchers has mapped a semantic atlas of a relatively uncharted region: the human brain.
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A group of UC Berkeley professors, alumni and community members have created a startup called UpRise Campaigns with the goal of disrupting the role of money in American politics.
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Hundreds of students, professors and scientists across a variety of fields gathered at the David Brower Center in Berkeley for a daylong symposium Monday honoring winners of the Breakthrough Prize, including two campus professors.
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On Tuesday, Jerry Brown won a historic fourth term as governor of California, decisively beating Republican opponent Neel Kashkari. Brown, a Democrat, served two consecutive terms as governor when elected in 1974. He also previously served as mayor of Oakland and as California attorney general. Brown focused much of his
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You thought this day would never come — you finally have enough free time to read for pleasure. It’s been too long since you last curled up on the sofa and read through the night with nothing but a cup of warm chamomile tea to keep you company. UC Berkeley
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Thomas Piketty, bestselling author and professor at the Paris School of Economics, admonished the contemporary surge in economic inequality before a packed UC Berkeley audience of over 300 people at an economics seminar Wednesday.
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We at The Daily Clog have a few suggestions for great books by current professors that are not only readable but will have you turning the page with excitement.
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Protesters began Tuesday’s strike and Day of Action setting up a home for themselves on the steps of Sproul Plaza. The psuedo-living room included couches, ornamental rugs and even a bookshelf filled with titles like The Power Elite by C. Wright Mills and The Closing of the American Mind by
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