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Photo: A group of white folks on stage at a summit hosted at BU. Dr. Abraham Glasser, from left, Adam Munder, Wheelock associate professor of Deaf education Naomi Caselli, Dr. Maartje De Meulder, and Thomas Horejes, Ph.D., CDI, take part in a part in a panel, "Ethics: Where Does it Stop?," about ethical boundaries and who carries responsibility when sign language AI systems are deployed at scale during a two-day summit, SLxAI, hosted at Metcalf Trustee Center April 16.

BU Wheelock Hosts SLxAI Summit

Panelists at a BU artificial intelligence summit held April 16 in the Metcalf Ballroom discuss the ethical boundaries and personal responsibilities of AI-based sign language systems deployed at scale. The panel, Ethics: Where Does it Stop?, was one of several held during SLxAI, a two-day summit hosted by Wheelock College of Education & Human Development that brought together global researchers, companies, and Deaf-led organizations to focus on the future of sign language AI tech, ethical design, multilingual access, and international collaboration. The panelists were (from left): Abraham Glasser, assistant professor at Gallaudet University; Adam Munder, Sorenson Communication’s head of insights for AI sign language translation; Naomi Caselli, Wheelock associate professor of Deaf education and director of BU’s Deaf Center; Maartje De Meulder, Deaf scholar and senior researcher at HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht; and Thomas Horejes, chief advocacy officer of SignWow.

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