Artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Siri or Google Assistant are developed by the global north and trained in…
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In 2018, my Australian co-worker asked me, “Hey, how are you going?”. My response – “I am taking a bus”…
As meaning-makers, we use spoken or signed language to understand our experiences in the world around us. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence such…
An estimated 90% of the training data for current generative AI systems stems from English. However, English is an international lingua franca…
Netflix has come up with a new feature, more or less, for its vast legions of subscribers. As of today,…
Generative AI systems like large language models and text-to-image generators can pass rigorous exams that are required of anyone seeking…
Showmax being a proud product of South African heritage, has long championed accessibility for its African customers, made clear by…
In the 2016 science fiction movie Arrival, a linguist is faced with the daunting task of deciphering an alien language…
Language enables people to transmit thoughts to each other because each person’s brain responds similarly to the meaning of words.…
When Yuval Noah Harari writes about something, it is as if the world’s conscience is speaking. When Russia invaded Ukraine…