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Research Brief

Inclusive AI and language access: who is served by regional language models?

A research brief examining coverage of South and Southeast Asian languages in widely used models, and the implications for access to public information.

N. Rahman, L. Sari · Dhaka Centre for Technology and Society

Published 27 November 2025

BangladeshIndonesiaNepalInclusionResponsible Innovation

Executive summary

Placeholder summary describing scope, method and the evaluation set used. Final content pending client approval.

Key findings

  1. 1Placeholder finding on benchmark coverage.
  2. 2Placeholder finding on user-facing service impact.

Methodology

Placeholder note — comparative evaluation across a fixed prompt set in six languages.

Authors

  • N. RahmanDirector, Inclusive Technology Programme, Dhaka Centre for Technology and Society
  • L. SariLead Data Scientist, Nusantara Public Data Lab

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