Ideas: Language technologies for everyone with Kalika Bali
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I’m excited to be live in the booth today with Kalika Bali, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research India. Kalika is working on language technologies that she hopes will bring the benefits of generative AI to under-resourced and underserved language communities around the world. Kalika, it’s a pleasure to speak with you today. Welcome to Ideas!
KALIKA BALI: Thank you. Thank you, Gretchen. Thank you for having me.
HUIZINGA: So before we dive in on the big ideas behind Kalika Bali’s research, let’s talk about you for a second. Tell us about your “origin story,” as it were, and if there is one, what “big idea” or animating “what if?” captured your imagination and inspired you to do what you’re doing today?
BALI: