Wagers receives multicampus grant
Matt Wagers, Professor and Chair of Linguistics.
Professor Matt Wagers has been awarded $154,659 through the University of California’s prestigious Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI) for his team’s project: Leveraging California’s Linguistic Diversity to Improve Large Language Models. The project will address how AI systems can better reflect California’s rich linguistic and neurocognitive diversity, and assess gaps in the accessibility of large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, for users outside standard linguistic norms. Capitalizing on a growing network of psycholinguists and language scientists at six other UC campuses, one of the goals of this project is to understand how to create AI tools that are more inclusive and equitable for California’s diverse population. Congratulations, Matt!
Read more about this in the UCSC Newscenter.