Language Models and Languages: Why "Multilingual" Is an Illusion of Equality
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When people see ChatGPT or Claude answer fluently in Swahili or Thai, the natural impression is that the model "knows" all languages equally well. It doesn't — and the gap isn't cosmetic. It runs straight through the architecture of how these models read and process text. What follows is a breakdow…
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- 2026-09-10 15:24 · DEV Community — AI
Language Models and Languages: Why "Multilingual" Is an Illusion of Equality