{"id":140,"date":"2026-02-22T14:16:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=140"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:16:38","slug":"op-ed-can-the-bot-really-speak-your-language-its-time-india-demanded-multilingual-ai-accountability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=140","title":{"rendered":"Op-ed: Can the Bot Really \u2018Speak Your Language\u2019? It\u2019s Time India Demanded Multilingual AI Accountability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdt.org\/insights\/op-ed-can-the-bot-really-speak-your-language-its-time-india-demanded-multilingual-ai-accountability\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Op-ed: Can the Bot Really \u2018Speak Your Language\u2019? It\u2019s Time India Demanded Multilingual AI Accountability\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">cdt.org<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Op-ed: Can the Bot Really \u2018Speak Your Language\u2019? It\u2019s Time India Demanded Multilingual AI Accountability<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">This op-ed \u2013 authored by CDT\u2019s Aliya Bhatia and CDT Non-Resident Fellow Aditya Vashistha \u2013 first appeared in The Indian Express on February 19, 2026.\u00a0A portion of the text has been pasted below. Indians are using\u00a0chatbots\u00a0to get cricket scores, healthcare information, and access local news. Whether these systems produce accurate, safe, and high-quality information to [\u2026]<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ciber"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=140"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}