arXivYang Zhang, Xiao Fei, Amr Mohamed, Sarah Almeida Carneiro, Mersin Konomi, Mingmeng Geng, Ahmed Asaad, Guokan Shang, Michalis VazirgiannisFri, Jun 5, 2026, 9:16 AM PDT
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AI models understand local culture better in native languages, not English
Original: The Masked Advantage: Uncovering Local-Language Access to Cultural Knowledge in LLMs
Source: arxiv.org ↗
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