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LKValues: Aligning Large Language Models with Sri Lankan Societal Values
Nethmi Muthugala, Supryadi, Surangika Ranathunga +7
Value alignment of Large Language Models (LLMs) has been shown to be culturally biased toward Western norms. This results in the mishandling of local values in multilingual societi…
The Multilingual Divide and Its Impact on Global AI Safety
Aidan Peppin, Julia Kreutzer, Alice Schoenauer Sebag +13
Despite advances in large language model capabilities in recent years, a large gap remains in their capabilities and safety performance for many languages beyond a relatively small…
Multilingual Machine Translation with Open Large Language Models at Practical Scale: An Empirical Study
Menglong Cui, Pengzhi Gao, Wei Liu +2
Large language models (LLMs) have shown continuously improving multilingual capabilities, and even small-scale open-source models have demonstrated rapid performance enhancement. I…
The Reality of AI and Biorisk
Aidan Peppin, Anka Reuel, Stephen Casper +10
To accurately and confidently answer the question 'could an AI model or system increase biorisk', it is necessary to have both a sound theoretical threat model for how AI models or…
Aya Expanse: Combining Research Breakthroughs for a New Multilingual Frontier
John Dang, Shivalika Singh, Daniel D'souza +42
We introduce the Aya Expanse model family, a new generation of 8B and 32B parameter multilingual language models, aiming to address the critical challenge of developing highly perf…
Going public: the role of public participation approaches in commercial AI labs
Lara Groves, Aidan Peppin, Andrew Strait +1
In recent years, discussions of responsible AI practices have seen growing support for "participatory AI" approaches, intended to involve members of the public in the design and de…
Does "AI" stand for augmenting inequality in the era of covid-19 healthcare?
David Leslie, Anjali Mazumder, Aidan Peppin +2
Among the most damaging characteristics of the covid-19 pandemic has been its disproportionate effect on disadvantaged communities. As the outbreak has spread globally, factors suc…