There are over 7,000 languages spoken worldwide, yet content on the internet is primarily written in English and a small group of other languages. This will have an impact on the development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which are often trained on internet data. Without interventions to mitigate this, access to these tools may be limited to those who speak a few data-rich languages like English, Spanish, and Mandarin.
“The language we speak determines how we engage with the world, as well as which worlds we can participate in,” write Regina Ta and Nicol Turner Lee. They argue that building inclusive digital ecosystems will require bridging the digital language divide by ensuring greater linguistic representation in AI training data.
Making sense of the Baltic cable incidents.Bruce Jones highlights two events that show the importance of constant monitoring of vital undersea infrastructure, and of early attribution of attacks or disruptive actions.
When states take the reins in school districts. State takeovers of school districts have happened in all major U.S. regions, but they disproportionately affect some types of communities more than others. Beth Schueler, Melissa Arnold Lyon, and Joshua Bleiberg examine whether these takeovers are effective.
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