Authentichas been chosen as ‘the word of the year according to Merriam-Webster, the leading American dictionary publisher. Thus they announced this Monday that at a time when the Artificial intelligence is attracting attention, users search for its meaning to know what is real and what is fake.

The publisher notes that searches for “authentic,” which the dictionary defines in part as “the opposite of fake or imitation”saw a substantial increase in 2023. “The rise of artificial intelligence has helped increase interest in the word,” Peter Sokolowski, the head of Merriam-Webster, said in a statement. “The line between ‘real’ and ‘fake’ has become increasingly blurred,” Sokolowski added. Although Merriam

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For his part, the cambridge dictionary has chosen hallucinatereferring to when the AI ​​hallucinates and produces false information, while the dictionary of collins has crowned the acronym AIthe abbreviation of artificial intelligence, in English.

Other terms that were also finalists to be selected as ‘word of the year’ 2023 are the following:

  • Rizz: is slang for “attractiveness or romantic charm” and apparently an abbreviation for charisma. Merriam-Webster added the word to its online dictionary in September and it has been among the top searches ever since.
  • Kibbutz: Searches for “a farm or communal settlement in Israel” increased exponentially after Hamas militants attacked several near the Gaza Strip on October 7.
  • Implosion: the implosion of June 18, Titan submersible on a commercial expedition to explore the remains of the Titanic caused searches to skyrocket for this word, which means “to burst inward.”
  • Deadname: (dead name according to the RAE): Merriam-Webster defines it as “the name that was given to a transgender person at birth and that they no longer use during transition.” The searches followed an avalanche of legislation aimed at restricting LGBTQ+ rights in the US
  • Doppleganger: Merriam-Webster defines this word as a “double,” an “alter ego,” or a “ghostly counterpart.” It comes from German folklore. Interest in the word surrounded Naomi Klein’s latest book, “Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World,” published this year.
  • Coronation: he king Charles III had one on May 6, causing searches for the word to skyrocket 15,681% from the previous year, Sokolowski said. Merriam-Webster defines it as “the act or occasion of coronation.”
  • deepfake (ultrafake according to the RAE): Merriam-Webster’s definition is “an image or recording that has been convincingly altered and manipulated to misrepresent that someone is doing or saying something that was not actually done or said.”
  • Dystopian: Climate chaos sparked interest in the word. So did books, movies, and television shows meant to entertain.
  • Coventant (Pact or binding agreement in Spanish): Searches for the word meaning “a generally formal, solemn and binding agreement” increased on March 27, after a deadly mass shooting at The Covenant School in Nashville, Tennessee.
  • Formal accusation (“Indictment” in English): The Former President Donald Trump has been charged with serious crimesin four criminal cases in New York, Florida, Georgia and Washington, DC, in addition to fighting a lawsuit that threatens his real estate empire.