Countries Don’t Have to Build Their Own AI—Just Their Place in It

Some worry that the popularity of generative AI tools trained on predominantly English-language, Western-centric content might diminish their own countries or cultures. But instead of creating their own AI alternative trained on local content, countries would be better served by ensuring their own cultures and languages are digitally represented and available for training AI systems.

While today’s AI models are capable of supporting a wide range of cultural and linguistic outputs,…