DOMESTIC AI MODELS TACKLE UNIQUE DEMANDS OF CANTONESE

Cultural elements, colloquialisms require local solutions, experts say

"Is there a wife in a wife cake?" Heyson He Lixi, an influencer promoting Cantonese, asked.

"There is no actual wife in a wife cake, as it is just a traditional Hong Kong pastry," answered Sensechat, the world's first Cantonese large language model, a ChatGPT-like product, in fluent Cantonese.

He raised a more challenging question, "What is sorrowful rice?"