Humans produce and consume language in a particular cultural context, which includes
knowledge about specific norms and practices. A listener's awareness of the cultural context …

Pretrained large language models have revolutionized many applications but still face
challenges related to cultural bias and a lack of cultural commonsense knowledge crucial for …

Social norms fundamentally shape interpersonal communication. We present NormDial, a
high-quality dyadic dialogue dataset with turn-by-turn annotations of social norm …

While existing alignment paradigms have been integral in developing large language
models (LLMs), LLMs often learn an averaged human preference and struggle to model …

This paper is devoted to the development of a localized Large Language Model (LLM)
specifically for Arabic, a language imbued with unique cultural characteristics inadequately …

Understanding how social norms vary across cultures can help us build culturally aligned
NLP systems. We propose a culture agnostic approach to norm discovery, using moral …

The surge of interest in culturally aware and adapted Natural Language Processing (NLP)
has inspired much recent research. However, the lack of common understanding of the …

Recent advancements in general-purpose AI have highlighted the importance of guiding AI
systems towards the intended goals, ethical principles, and values of individuals and …

Large Vision-Language models (VLMs) have demonstrated strong reasoning capabilities in
tasks requiring a fine-grained understanding of literal images and text, such as visual …

The integration of new technology with cultural studies enhances our understanding of
cultural heritage but often struggles to connect with diverse audiences. It is challenging to …