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  1. Tastes without distinction: silicon samples and the synthetic construction of tastes

    Jun 29, 2026Xiangyu Ma, Mengmi Zhang, Shannon Ang +1Synthetic Data GenerationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  2. The Language Blind Spot: How Query Language and Brand Recognition Tier Shape AI-Constructed Brand Reputation Across Twelve European Languages

    Jun 22, 2026Dmitrij ŻatuchinCultural Bias in Language ModelsLinguistic Bias in Language Models

    Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences · Department of Information Technologies, Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences (EUAS), Tallinn, Estonia. · Rankfor.AI, Tallinn, Estonia.

  3. Same question, different history: language, national identity, and credit in large language models

    Jun 22, 2026William Guey, Pierrick Bougault, Wei Zhang +2Social Bias in Language ModelsCultural Bias in Language Models

    Department of Industrial Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China · Department of Industrial Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

  4. Plurification in/of language technology -- The integration of culture in next-generation AI

    Jun 20, 2026Gertraud Koch, Fausto GiunchigliaCultural AlignmentCultural Bias in Language Models

    University of Hamburg, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 West, Germany · University of Trento, Dipartimento Ingegneria e Scienza dell'Informazione

  5. Steerable Cultural Preference Optimization of Reward Models

    Jun 17, 2026Minsik Oh, Advit Deepak, Sophie Wu +2Reward ModelingCultural Bias in Language Models

    1Stanford University · University of Amsterdam

  6. LLMs Infer Cultural Context but Fail to Apply It When Responding

    Jun 16, 2026Yisong Miao, Jian Zhu, Vered ShwartzPragmatic Reasoning in Language ModelsCultural Bias in Language Models

    National University of Singapore · University of British Columbia · Canada CIFAR AI Chair, Vector Institute

  7. AmchiBias: Measuring Stereotypical Bias in Goan Identity Groups with a Minimal Pair Dataset in English and Konkani

    Jun 13, 2026Michelle Barbosa, Sebastian Padó, Franziska WeeberMultilingual Language Model EvaluationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Institute for Natural Language Processing, University of Stuttgart

  8. Characterizing Cultural Localization in AI-Generated Stories

    Jun 12, 2026Shaily Bhatt, Supriti Vijay, Jeremiah Milbauer +1Cultural Bias in Language ModelsLanguage Model Bias Evaluation

    Carnegie Mellon University

  9. Jury Duty: Calibration and Orientation Failures in MLLM-as-a-Judge Under Cultural Ambiguity

    Jun 12, 2026Daniel Lee, Harsh Sharma, Eunkyu Park +5LLM-as-a-JudgeLanguage Model Calibration

    Salesforce AI Research · University of Colorado Boulder · Carnegie Mellon University +2

  10. The Culture Funnel: You Can't Align What isn't in the Data

    Jun 11, 2026Ananya Sahu, Mehrnaz Mofakhami, Daniel D'Souza +3Cultural AlignmentCultural Bias in Language Models

    CohereCorrespondingLabs

  11. Mod-Guide: An LLM-based Content Moderation Feedback System to Address Insensitive Speech toward Indigenous Ethnic and Religious Minority Communities

    Jun 11, 2026Dipto Das, Achhiya Sultana, Ankit Singh Chauhan +5Content ModerationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Department of Computer Science University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Independent University Bangladesh Dhaka, Bangladesh · Indiana University Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana, United States +1

  12. Scenario-based Probing and Steering Cultural Values in Large Language Models--Extended Version

    Jun 9, 2026Trung Duc Anh Dang, Tung Kieu, Sarah MasudLanguage Model SteeringCultural Alignment

    University of Copenhagen · Aalborg University

  13. Who Brought Easter Eggs to Eid? Auditing LLM-Generated Cultural Translation of Math Word Problems Across Languages and Regions

    Jun 9, 2026Parisa Suchdev, Juniper LovatoMultilingual Language Model EvaluationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Computational Ethics Lab · Department of Computer Science, University of Vermont · Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont +1

  14. CCBENCH: Assessing LLM Cultural Competence via Implicitly Signaled Norms using Health Queries

    Jun 8, 2026Vasudha Varadarajan, Akhila Yerukola, Mona T. Diab +1LLM EvaluationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA

  15. The Generator-Eraser Paradox: Community Guidelines for Responsible LLM-Assisted Dialect Resource Creation

    Jun 4, 2026Wajdi ZaghouaniCultural Bias in Language ModelsLow-Resource Language Processing

    Northwestern University in Qatar

  16. Auditing LLM-Governed Social Robots with Culture-Specific Moral Gradients

    Jun 2, 2026Carmen Ng, Gjergji KasneciMultilingual Language Model EvaluationMoral Reasoning in Language Models

    Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany

  17. Not What, But How: A Framework for Auditing LLM Responses across Positioning, Generalization, Anthropomorphism, and Maxims

    Jun 1, 2026Siddhesh Milind Pawar, Sarah Masud, Haneul Yoo +2LLM AuditingPragmatic Reasoning in Language Models

    ♠University of Copenhagen · ♣KAIST

  18. CultureForest: Understanding and Evaluating Cultural Norm Grounded Reasoning in LLMs

    Jun 1, 2026Yangfan Ye, Xiaocheng Feng, Jialong Tang +5LLM EvaluationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Harbin Institute of Technology · Harvard University · The University of Hong Kong

  19. IndoBias: A Dual Track Culturally Grounded Benchmark for LLMs Bias Evaluation in Indonesian Languages

    May 31, 2026Ikhlasul Akmal Hanif, Muhammad Falensi Azmi, Filbert Aurelian Tjiaranata +2Multilingual Language Model EvaluationCultural Bias in Language Models

    Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence · Independent Researcher · Universitas Indonesia

  20. Do Large Language Models Encode Institutional Experience? Evidence from Cross-Linguistic Moral Reasoning Under Ambiguity

    May 29, 2026Nattavudh PowdthaveeMultilingual Language Model EvaluationMoral Reasoning in Language Models

    School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  21. Anchoring LLM Gender Bias to Human Baselines: A Cross-Lingual Audit

    May 29, 2026Jiwoo Choi, Seonwoo Ahn, Tongxin Zhang +1Gender Bias in Language ModelsMultilingual Language Model Evaluation

    School of Digital Humanities and Computational Social Sciences, KAIST, South Korea

  22. When English Rewrites Local Knowledge: Global Narrative Dominance in Large Language Models

    May 28, 2026Md Arid Hasan, Ruwad Naswan, Farhan Samir +2Multilingual Language Model EvaluationLLM Grounding

    University of Toronto · BUET · University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  23. ExCAM: Explainable Cultural Awareness Metrics

    May 28, 2026Christoph Leiter, Haiyue Song, Hour Kaing +4LLM EvaluationLanguage Model Generation Evaluation

    University of Mannheim, Germany · National Institute of Information and Communications Technology · University of Technology Nuremberg, Germany

  24. Cultural Binding Heads in Language Models

    May 27, 2026Avrile Floro, Luca BenedettoLLM InterpretabilityCultural Bias in Language Models

    Institut Polytechnique de Paris · Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris

  25. Insidious by Design: Implications of Large Language Model algorithmic bias for the Global South

    May 26, 2026Sioux McKenna, Nompilo TshumaGender Bias in Language ModelsCultural Bias in Language Models

    Rhodes University, Makhanda, South Africa · Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

  26. JuICE: A Benchmark for Evaluating LLM-Judge in Identifying Cultural Errors

    May 26, 2026Jiho Jin, Junho Myung, Juhyun Oh +5Multilingual Language Model EvaluationLLM-as-a-Judge

    1KAIST · 3Universitas Gadjah Mada · 2Google

  27. Generative artificial intelligence and the marginalization of minoritized knowledges in higher education: the case of disability

    May 26, 2026Fatiha Tali-OtmaniGenerative AI in EducationAlgorithmic Bias

    EFTS, Grhapes · Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès-UMR EFTS

  28. Cultural Value Alignment Via Latent Activation Steering in Large Language Models

    May 25, 2026Trung Duc Anh Dang, Sarah MasudCultural AlignmentCultural Bias in Language Models

    University of Copenhagen

  29. Cultural Adaptation in Large Language Models for Political Discourse

    May 22, 2026Wajdi ZaghouaniMultilingual Language Model EvaluationPolitical Discourse Analysis

    Northwestern University in Qatar

  30. Cross-Lingual Consensus: Aligning Multilingual Cultural Knowledge via Multilingual Self-Consistency

    May 21, 2026Andrew Ivan Soegeng, Patrick Sutanto, Tan Sang NguyenCultural Bias in Language ModelsCultural Knowledge in Language Models

    SAP · School of Computing, National University of Singapore