{"id":2975,"date":"2024-09-12T15:09:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.it-u.at\/?post_type=research&#038;p=1927"},"modified":"2025-03-12T14:05:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:05:01","slug":"natural-language-processing","status":"publish","type":"research","link":"https:\/\/it-u.at\/en\/research\/research-groups\/natural-language-processing\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Language Processing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-copy-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Natural Language Processing (NLP) is a multidisciplinary research field within artificial intelligence (AI) that integrates principles from computer science, linguistics, cognitive science, and related disciplines. 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