Massively multi-cultural knowledge acquisition & lm benchmarking

Y Fung, R Zhao, J Doo, C Sun, H Ji - arxiv preprint arxiv:2402.09369, 2024 - arxiv.org
Pretrained large language models have revolutionized many applications but still face
challenges related to cultural bias and a lack of cultural commonsense knowledge crucial for …

Acegpt, localizing large language models in arabic

H Huang, F Yu, J Zhu, X Sun, H Cheng, D Song… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
This paper is devoted to the development of a localized Large Language Model (LLM)
specifically for Arabic, a language imbued with unique cultural characteristics inadequately …

NormDial: A comparable bilingual synthetic dialog dataset for modeling social norm adherence and violation

O Li, M Subramanian, A Saakyan, S CH-Wang… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Social norms fundamentally shape interpersonal communication. We present NormDial, a
high-quality dyadic dialogue dataset with turn-by-turn annotations of social norm …

Survey of cultural awareness in language models: Text and beyond

S Pawar, J Park, J **, A Arora, J Myung… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Large-scale deployment of large language models (LLMs) in various applications, such as
chatbots and virtual assistants, requires LLMs to be culturally sensitive to the user to ensure …

How Well Do LLMs Identify Cultural Unity in Diversity?

J Li, J Wang, J Hu, M Jiang - arxiv preprint arxiv:2408.05102, 2024 - arxiv.org
Much work on the cultural awareness of large language models (LLMs) focuses on the
models' sensitivity to geo-cultural diversity. However, in addition to cross-cultural differences …

Cultural commonsense knowledge for intercultural dialogues

TP Nguyen, S Razniewski, G Weikum - Proceedings of the 33rd ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Despite recent progress, large language models (LLMs) still face the challenge of
appropriately reacting to the intricacies of social and cultural conventions. This paper …

A cross-cultural analysis of social norms in bollywood and hollywood movies

S Rai, K Zilesh Zaveri, S Havaldar, S Nema… - arxiv e …, 2024 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu
Understanding how social norms vary across cultures can help us build culturally aligned
NLP systems. We propose a culture agnostic approach to norm discovery, using moral …