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Celeste Rodriguez Louro

Celeste Rodriguez Louro

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‘We gotta act white’: how voice recognition tech fails for Aboriginal English speakers

‘We gotta act white’: how voice recognition tech fails for Aboriginal English speakers

Voice-operated technology can’t cope with non-mainstream varieties of English.

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Celeste Rodriguez Louro

Generative AI is not a ‘calculator for words’. 5 reasons why this idea is misleading

Big tech wants generative AI systems to seem like neutral, reliable tools – but the reality is far more complicated.

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Celeste Rodriguez Louro

AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks

AI models too often produce a monolithic version of English that erases variation.

06.05.2025 20

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Celeste Rodriguez Louro

The unspoken rule of conversation that explains why AI chatbots feel so human

Earlier this year, a Hong Kong finance worker was tricked into paying US$25 million to scammers who had used deepfake technology to pretend to be...

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Celeste Rodriguez Louro