"Our language is not free data": rethinking ownership in language AI
danielleboyerr · x · 2026-09-21
Inspired by Danielle Boyer's Indigenous language tech work, the author rethinks sign languages and AI: the issue isn't just access but ownership — who gets to collect a community's language, train systems on it, and profit? "Our language is not free data for someone else's billion-dollar product."
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