How Artificial Intelligence is deepening the digital language divide

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• Dr Giulia Occhini, Cambridge Language Services
• Tuesday 11 November 2025, 13:10-14:00
• Richard King room, Darwin College.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) could transform healthcare, education, governance, and equity, but its benefits remain concentrated in a few languages. Language AI — the technology behind systems like ChatGPT — could empower people in their native languages, yet most of the world’s 7,000+ languages remain digitally marginalized. We present a global longitudinal analysis of social, economic, and infrastructural conditions across 6,003 languages, revealing widening disparities and a hype-driven diffusion of AI. To address this, we introduce the Language AI Readiness Index (EQUATE), which maps where capacity exists but remains underused, providing a framework for more equitable AI diffusion.

This talk is part of the Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Seminars series.

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