In the artificial intelligence landscape, a regional initiative called LATAM GPT emerges. Its purpose is to create a language model trained with data and contexts from Spanish and Portuguese speech in Latin America. The idea is to offer responses more tailored to the cultural and social realities of the region, seeking to reduce dependence on models with biases imported from other latitudes.
Technical Approach and Data Sources ??
The project is based on the collection and curation of an extensive and diverse corpus of texts and conversations originating from the region. This includes local media, literature, internet forums, and academic productions. The training process seeks for the model to understand not only the language, but also cultural references, idiomatic expressions, and specific social contexts, which implies careful filtering to prioritize these sources.
Goodbye to Turkey Recipes and Dollar Examples ??
Finally, an AI that won't suggest baking a turkey for Christmas in the middle of the southern summer, or that will calculate a budget without assuming everyone has access to the same services. It might even understand that un momentito can last half an hour and that a proof of concept made with duct tape and popsicle sticks is totally valid. It will be interesting to see if it can decipher the meaning of ahorita according to the country.