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Jonathan Feakins is a science, history and arts writer based in Chicago. His work has appeared in Atlas Obscura and Chemical & Engineering News, amongst others.

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AI is helping bring Indigenous languages back from the brink

https://thelogic.co/news/indigenous-languages-artificial-intelligence/

By Jonathan Feakins | Jul 24, 2026 | 5:45 AM ET

New technology is making it possible to digitize complex and nuanced languages. With that, though, come complex questions of who owns and controls such data.

A photo illustration featuring an archival photo taken in 1914 of a young Kwakiutl woman. Around her are shadowy images of totems and carved figures from her community on B.C.'s central coast. Super-imposed on the photos are words in Kwak'wala, the language of the Kwakiutl.

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AI is helping bring Indigenous languages back from the brink