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Two US representatives launch the bipartisan Congressional Creators Caucus to "bring the perspectives of online content creators into the public policy arena" (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/06/crea

Creator Caucus launches in Congress with support from Patreon, YouTube | TechCrunch
The Congressional Creator Caucus will work to support the creator economy, which is estimated to be worth half-a-trillion dollars by 2027.

With the advent of ELIZA, Joseph Weizenbaum's first psychotherapist chatbot, NLP took another major step with pattern-based substitution algorithms based on simple regular expressions.
Weizenbaum, Joseph (1966). ELIZA—a computer program for the study of natural language communication between man and machine. Com. of the ACM. 9: 36–45.

YouTube rolls out a tool to let some creators upload different thumbnails for each video dubbed into a different language, to help expand their global audience (Dan Whateley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/youtube-te

YouTube is testing a new feature to help videos travel globally
YouTube is testing a new tool to let creators switch out thumbnails for videos in different languages, helping their content spread globally.

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WikiGap: Promoting Epistemic Equity by Surfacing Knowledge Gaps Between English Wikipedia and other Language Editions
With more than 11 times as many pageviews as the next, English Wikipedia dominates global knowledge access relative to other language editions. Readers are prone to assuming English Wikipedia as a superset of all language editions, leading many to prefer it even when their primary language is not English. Other language editions, however, comprise complementary facts rooted in their respective cultures and media environments, which are marginalized in English Wikipedia. While Wikipedia's user i…

Quantitative Language Automata
Thomas A. Henzinger, Pavol Kebis, Nicolas Mazzocchi, N. Ege Sara\c{c}
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05158 https://

Quantitative Language Automata
A quantitative word automaton (QWA) defines a function from infinite words to values. For example, every infinite run of a limit-average QWA A obtains a mean payoff, and every word w is assigned the maximal mean payoff obtained by nondeterministic runs of A over w. We introduce quantitative language automata (QLAs) that define functions from language generators (i.e., implementations) to values, where a language generator can be nonprobabilistic, defining a set of infinite words, or probabilist…

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SignBot: Learning Human-to-Humanoid Sign Language Interaction
Sign language is a natural and visual form of language that uses movements and expressions to convey meaning, serving as a crucial means of communication for individuals who are deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH). However, the number of people proficient in sign language remains limited, highlighting the need for technological advancements to bridge communication gaps and foster interactions with minorities. Based on recent advancements in embodied humanoid robots, we propose SignBot, a novel framew…

Evaluating Prompt-Driven Chinese Large Language Models: The Influence of Persona Assignment on Stereotypes and Safeguards
Geng Liu, Li Feng, Carlo Alberto Bono, Songbo Yang, Mengxiao Zhu, Francesco Pierri
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.04975

Evaluating Prompt-Driven Chinese Large Language Models: The Influence of Persona Assignment on Stereotypes and Safeguards
Recent research has highlighted that assigning specific personas to large language models (LLMs) can significantly increase harmful content generation. Yet, limited attention has been given to persona-driven toxicity in non-Western contexts, particularly in Chinese-based LLMs. In this paper, we perform a large-scale, systematic analysis of how persona assignment influences refusal behavior and response toxicity in Qwen, a widely-used Chinese language model. Utilizing fine-tuned BERT classifiers…

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Multi-Language Detection of Design Pattern Instances
Code comprehension is often supported by source code analysis tools which provide more abstract views over software systems, such as those detecting design patterns. These tools encompass analysis of source code and ensuing extraction of relevant information. However, the analysis of the source code is often specific to the target programming language. We propose DP-LARA, a multi-language pattern detection tool that uses the multi-language capability of the LARA framework to support finding p…

I was just sent this photo, supposedly taken in 1994: Björn Beutel, developer of the Malaga language, and myself are working in the CLUE (Computational Linguistics University of Erlangen) lab.
I’m a bit hesitant to tag this #retrocomputing ;-)
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