Xabier Soto
@xabiersoto.bsky.social
Postdoc at @hitz-zentroa.bsky.social / internship @IKER zentroa (UMR5478)
Participatory research
Human-Centered NLP
Machine Translation
(eu) kontu pertsonala:
https://mastodon.eus/@XabierSoto
Participatory research
Human-Centered NLP
Machine Translation
(eu) kontu pertsonala:
https://mastodon.eus/@XabierSoto
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Xabier Soto
@xabiersoto.bsky.social
· Oct 24
ZuBidasoa: Participatory Research for the Development of Linguistic Technologies Adapted to the Needs of Migrants in the Basque Country
Xabier Soto, Ander Egurtzegi, Maite Oronoz, Urtzi Etxeberria. Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XX: Volume 2. 2025.
aclanthology.org
Uda honetan @zubidasoa.bsky.social proiektua @mtsummit2025.bsky.social konferentzian aurkeztu nuen. Harrera ona izan zuen, bertaratu zirenek interes handia adierazi zutelarik. Zuen interesekoa ere izatekotan, hemen uzten dizuet aurkeztutako artikulua (ingelesez):
aclanthology.org/2025.mtsummi...
aclanthology.org/2025.mtsummi...
Uda honetan @zubidasoa.bsky.social proiektua @mtsummit2025.bsky.social konferentzian aurkeztu nuen. Harrera ona izan zuen, bertaratu zirenek interes handia adierazi zutelarik. Zuen interesekoa ere izatekotan, hemen uzten dizuet aurkeztutako artikulua (ingelesez):
aclanthology.org/2025.mtsummi...
aclanthology.org/2025.mtsummi...
ZuBidasoa: Participatory Research for the Development of Linguistic Technologies Adapted to the Needs of Migrants in the Basque Country
Xabier Soto, Ander Egurtzegi, Maite Oronoz, Urtzi Etxeberria. Proceedings of Machine Translation Summit XX: Volume 2. 2025.
aclanthology.org
October 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Uda honetan @zubidasoa.bsky.social proiektua @mtsummit2025.bsky.social konferentzian aurkeztu nuen. Harrera ona izan zuen, bertaratu zirenek interes handia adierazi zutelarik. Zuen interesekoa ere izatekotan, hemen uzten dizuet aurkeztutako artikulua (ingelesez):
aclanthology.org/2025.mtsummi...
aclanthology.org/2025.mtsummi...
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The MT Summit 2025 program is now live!
mtsummit2025.unige.ch/programme.ht...
📅 Don't forget to register before April 30 to benefit from early-bird rates!
mtsummit2025.unige.ch/programme.ht...
📅 Don't forget to register before April 30 to benefit from early-bird rates!
Programme | MT Summit 2025
mtsummit2025.unige.ch
April 17, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The MT Summit 2025 program is now live!
mtsummit2025.unige.ch/programme.ht...
📅 Don't forget to register before April 30 to benefit from early-bird rates!
mtsummit2025.unige.ch/programme.ht...
📅 Don't forget to register before April 30 to benefit from early-bird rates!
April 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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"The conclusion is clear: Israel is committing these acts with the intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is committing genocide. We also found that not only is the genocide in Gaza the most documented in history, but the EU and many of its member states are failing to prevent it."
The minute a bomb drops on #Ukraine, European Parliament calls out war crimes.
Yet hundreds dead in Gaza in 24 hours -mainly kids - and not a word from Brussels. @vonderleyen deafening silence.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
Yet hundreds dead in Gaza in 24 hours -mainly kids - and not a word from Brussels. @vonderleyen deafening silence.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ca...
If the EU won’t stop Israel’s genocide in Gaza, member states must go it alone
Ursula von der Leyen knows that the EU’s reputation as a credible actor for human rights and international law is in tatters over the horrors in Gaza. EU leaders and officials have gone from privately...
www.amnesty.org
March 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
"The conclusion is clear: Israel is committing these acts with the intent to destroy the Palestinians in Gaza. Israel is committing genocide. We also found that not only is the genocide in Gaza the most documented in history, but the EU and many of its member states are failing to prevent it."
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ZuBidasoa doktoretza-ondoko ikerketa proiektu bat da, migratzaileen beharretara egokituko diren hizkuntza teknologiak modu parte hartzailean garatzea helburu duena.
Proiektua EHUko HiTZ zentroaren eta CNRSko IKER (UMR5478) zentroaren artean garatzen ari da, 3-4 urteko epean.
Proiektua EHUko HiTZ zentroaren eta CNRSko IKER (UMR5478) zentroaren artean garatzen ari da, 3-4 urteko epean.
March 18, 2025 at 6:24 AM
ZuBidasoa doktoretza-ondoko ikerketa proiektu bat da, migratzaileen beharretara egokituko diren hizkuntza teknologiak modu parte hartzailean garatzea helburu duena.
Proiektua EHUko HiTZ zentroaren eta CNRSko IKER (UMR5478) zentroaren artean garatzen ari da, 3-4 urteko epean.
Proiektua EHUko HiTZ zentroaren eta CNRSko IKER (UMR5478) zentroaren artean garatzen ari da, 3-4 urteko epean.
As arXiv links accumulate, I'm enjoying my read of "The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Migration".
Truly interdisciplinar approach, centered on people and language, including two chapters about MT. 👇🏻
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Truly interdisciplinar approach, centered on people and language, including two chapters about MT. 👇🏻
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Migration
The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Migration explores the practices and attitudes surrounding migration and translation, aiming to redefine these two terms in light of their intersections and c...
www.routledge.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:52 AM
As arXiv links accumulate, I'm enjoying my read of "The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Migration".
Truly interdisciplinar approach, centered on people and language, including two chapters about MT. 👇🏻
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
Truly interdisciplinar approach, centered on people and language, including two chapters about MT. 👇🏻
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
I have opened an account for promoting my current research project. If you are interested in migration and language technologies, follow @zubidasoa.bsky.social
(Most of the messages will be published in Basque. If needed, in-house MT works fine enough for translating into high resource languages.)
(Most of the messages will be published in Basque. If needed, in-house MT works fine enough for translating into high resource languages.)
March 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I have opened an account for promoting my current research project. If you are interested in migration and language technologies, follow @zubidasoa.bsky.social
(Most of the messages will be published in Basque. If needed, in-house MT works fine enough for translating into high resource languages.)
(Most of the messages will be published in Basque. If needed, in-house MT works fine enough for translating into high resource languages.)
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TESSFIT TEMZIDE
YAYA KARAMOKO
ABDOULAYE KOULIBALY
MOHAMED KEMAL
FAYÇAL HAMADOUCHE
AHMED BELHIREDJ
SOHAIBOU BILLA
IBRAHIM DIALLO
ABDERRAMAN BAH
Iturria: Bidasoa 2018-2023
Irudia: Mattin Sormena
YAYA KARAMOKO
ABDOULAYE KOULIBALY
MOHAMED KEMAL
FAYÇAL HAMADOUCHE
AHMED BELHIREDJ
SOHAIBOU BILLA
IBRAHIM DIALLO
ABDERRAMAN BAH
Iturria: Bidasoa 2018-2023
Irudia: Mattin Sormena
March 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
TESSFIT TEMZIDE
YAYA KARAMOKO
ABDOULAYE KOULIBALY
MOHAMED KEMAL
FAYÇAL HAMADOUCHE
AHMED BELHIREDJ
SOHAIBOU BILLA
IBRAHIM DIALLO
ABDERRAMAN BAH
Iturria: Bidasoa 2018-2023
Irudia: Mattin Sormena
YAYA KARAMOKO
ABDOULAYE KOULIBALY
MOHAMED KEMAL
FAYÇAL HAMADOUCHE
AHMED BELHIREDJ
SOHAIBOU BILLA
IBRAHIM DIALLO
ABDERRAMAN BAH
Iturria: Bidasoa 2018-2023
Irudia: Mattin Sormena
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It may not be much longer until we know of an LLM being directly involved in a kill order by a military or government www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
Israel developing ChatGPT-like tool that weaponizes surveillance of Palestinians
The Israeli army is building an AI language model using millions of intercepted conversations between Palestinians, accelerating incrimination and arrest.
www.972mag.com
March 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
It may not be much longer until we know of an LLM being directly involved in a kill order by a military or government www.972mag.com/israeli-inte...
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AI real talk. We (humanity) are moving full speed ahead at building AI agents for war that can create a runaway missile crisis of mutually assured destruction globally.
Is the option of not allowing AI agents to deploy missiles already off the table, or is that still up for discussion?
Is the option of not allowing AI agents to deploy missiles already off the table, or is that still up for discussion?
Scale AI announces multimillion-dollar defense deal, a major step in U.S. military automation
Spearheaded by the Defense Innovation Unit, the Thunderforge program will work with Anduril, Microsoft and others to develop and deploy AI agents.
www.cnbc.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
AI real talk. We (humanity) are moving full speed ahead at building AI agents for war that can create a runaway missile crisis of mutually assured destruction globally.
Is the option of not allowing AI agents to deploy missiles already off the table, or is that still up for discussion?
Is the option of not allowing AI agents to deploy missiles already off the table, or is that still up for discussion?
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While we look forward to a sunny Geneva, why wait to join the conversation?
We’ve created a starter pack for our #GITT2025 friends!
🕵️ Follow researchers working on gender bias in MT
💬 Stay up to date and dive into the discussion!
All info at sites.google.com/tilburgunive...
We’ve created a starter pack for our #GITT2025 friends!
🕵️ Follow researchers working on gender bias in MT
💬 Stay up to date and dive into the discussion!
All info at sites.google.com/tilburgunive...
February 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
While we look forward to a sunny Geneva, why wait to join the conversation?
We’ve created a starter pack for our #GITT2025 friends!
🕵️ Follow researchers working on gender bias in MT
💬 Stay up to date and dive into the discussion!
All info at sites.google.com/tilburgunive...
We’ve created a starter pack for our #GITT2025 friends!
🕵️ Follow researchers working on gender bias in MT
💬 Stay up to date and dive into the discussion!
All info at sites.google.com/tilburgunive...
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🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached Ep 50 🎉
Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & me to look into tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy & the environment & the techno-fascism of it all.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Thx to @whatulysses.bsky.social for production!
Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & me to look into tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy & the environment & the techno-fascism of it all.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Thx to @whatulysses.bsky.social for production!
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
🎉 Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 has reached Ep 50 🎉
Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & me to look into tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy & the environment & the techno-fascism of it all.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Thx to @whatulysses.bsky.social for production!
Dr. @tamigraph.bsky.social joins @alexhanna.bsky.social & me to look into tech bros’ unhinged ideas about energy & the environment & the techno-fascism of it all.
www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/epis...
Thx to @whatulysses.bsky.social for production!
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A preprint of my book Natural Language Generation is now available on Arxiv (arxiv.org/abs/2502.14437). Use the PDF, the HTML version is incomplete.
For more info on my book see ehudreiter.com/book/ . Note it is about NLG concepts, its not about the latest LLM tech
For more info on my book see ehudreiter.com/book/ . Note it is about NLG concepts, its not about the latest LLM tech
Natural Language Generation
This book provides a broad overview of Natural Language Generation (NLG), including technology, user requirements, evaluation, and real-world applications. The focus is on concepts and insights which ...
arxiv.org
February 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A preprint of my book Natural Language Generation is now available on Arxiv (arxiv.org/abs/2502.14437). Use the PDF, the HTML version is incomplete.
For more info on my book see ehudreiter.com/book/ . Note it is about NLG concepts, its not about the latest LLM tech
For more info on my book see ehudreiter.com/book/ . Note it is about NLG concepts, its not about the latest LLM tech
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📢 Based on the recommendation from peer review committee, ARR switches from 8 to 10-week cycles. This will allow for a saner cycle schedule. See the full report here: www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/im...
The ARR website is now updated with the new submission dates: aclrollingreview.org/dates
The ARR website is now updated with the new submission dates: aclrollingreview.org/dates
February 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
📢 Based on the recommendation from peer review committee, ARR switches from 8 to 10-week cycles. This will allow for a saner cycle schedule. See the full report here: www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/im...
The ARR website is now updated with the new submission dates: aclrollingreview.org/dates
The ARR website is now updated with the new submission dates: aclrollingreview.org/dates
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The International Energy Agency just increased its prior growth predictions for energy demand. Data centers are one of the major drivers. Here's why that's significant: www.theverge.com/news/614356/...
February 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The International Energy Agency just increased its prior growth predictions for energy demand. Data centers are one of the major drivers. Here's why that's significant: www.theverge.com/news/614356/...
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Bisita izan dugu! Eusko Jaurlaritzako Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetzako talde zabalarekin, Aitor Aldasoro sailburuordea, Josune Irabien eta Sonia Rodriguez barne, arratsalde ederra pasa genuen zentroa erakusten eta Ikergaitu proiektuko azken emaitzak erakusten https://www.hitz.eus/iker-gaitu/
February 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Bisita izan dugu! Eusko Jaurlaritzako Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetzako talde zabalarekin, Aitor Aldasoro sailburuordea, Josune Irabien eta Sonia Rodriguez barne, arratsalde ederra pasa genuen zentroa erakusten eta Ikergaitu proiektuko azken emaitzak erakusten https://www.hitz.eus/iker-gaitu/
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Error Span Annotation for machine translation. Very high-level, very quick. See you at NAACL!
youtu.be/995GDufPBw8
arxiv.org/pdf/2406.12419
youtu.be/995GDufPBw8
arxiv.org/pdf/2406.12419
Error Span Annotation protocol for Machine Translation [NAACL2025]
YouTube video by Vilém Zouhar
youtu.be
February 15, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Error Span Annotation for machine translation. Very high-level, very quick. See you at NAACL!
youtu.be/995GDufPBw8
arxiv.org/pdf/2406.12419
youtu.be/995GDufPBw8
arxiv.org/pdf/2406.12419
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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
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Gogoratu otsailaren 17rarte aukera duzuela euskarazko txatbotak ebaluatu eta ikerkuntzan laguntzeko:
ebaluatoia.hitz.eus
Sartu eta parte hartu, erraza eta dibertigarria izateaz gain, sariak ere badaude!
ebaluatoia.hitz.eus
Sartu eta parte hartu, erraza eta dibertigarria izateaz gain, sariak ere badaude!
February 12, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Gogoratu otsailaren 17rarte aukera duzuela euskarazko txatbotak ebaluatu eta ikerkuntzan laguntzeko:
ebaluatoia.hitz.eus
Sartu eta parte hartu, erraza eta dibertigarria izateaz gain, sariak ere badaude!
ebaluatoia.hitz.eus
Sartu eta parte hartu, erraza eta dibertigarria izateaz gain, sariak ere badaude!
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ICE is Gaming Google Search
U.S. Immigration is Gaming Google to Create a Mirage of Mass Deportations
13,000 archived ICE press releases timestamped to 24 January 2025. "Every article was updated on the 24th ... causing the Google SEO to...rank it higher."
Brilliant work @darakerr.bsky.social!
U.S. Immigration is Gaming Google to Create a Mirage of Mass Deportations
13,000 archived ICE press releases timestamped to 24 January 2025. "Every article was updated on the 24th ... causing the Google SEO to...rank it higher."
Brilliant work @darakerr.bsky.social!
February 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ICE is Gaming Google Search
U.S. Immigration is Gaming Google to Create a Mirage of Mass Deportations
13,000 archived ICE press releases timestamped to 24 January 2025. "Every article was updated on the 24th ... causing the Google SEO to...rank it higher."
Brilliant work @darakerr.bsky.social!
U.S. Immigration is Gaming Google to Create a Mirage of Mass Deportations
13,000 archived ICE press releases timestamped to 24 January 2025. "Every article was updated on the 24th ... causing the Google SEO to...rank it higher."
Brilliant work @darakerr.bsky.social!
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📢 NEW: The US government permitted Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine without prior consent from even a single Tribe impacted, violating indigenous peoples’ human rights. Our HRW + ACLU report says, out today. 🧵 1/4
February 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
📢 NEW: The US government permitted Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine without prior consent from even a single Tribe impacted, violating indigenous peoples’ human rights. Our HRW + ACLU report says, out today. 🧵 1/4
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this is really bad considering Cohere is considered one of the good, responsible AI companies around. shows there really is no good AI company like there is no good millionaire
Palantir's platforms like Foundry are at their core, surveillance technologies. Cohere's partnership with Palantir is dangerous and should not be normalized.
Cohere, a $5.5B Canadian A.I. Startup, Is Quietly Working with Peter Thiel’s Palantir
Cohere appears to have added Palantir to its growing roster of partners.
observer.com
February 4, 2025 at 9:33 PM
this is really bad considering Cohere is considered one of the good, responsible AI companies around. shows there really is no good AI company like there is no good millionaire