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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

★ Extensions to image generation and embedding models for SEA contexts ★ Evaluation across translated and region-specific multimodal benchmarks This work is made possible by the amazing SEACrowd community, bringing together contributors across languages, cultures, and domains.

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We’re happy to share our latest work on SEA-VL Phase 2, continuing our effort to build language systems tailored for Southeast Asian languages and cultures. ★ SEA-adapted vision-language models (SEA-VLM) built on strong foundation models ★ Multilingual and culturally grounded instructiontuning data

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

From Tagalog to Filipino If you’ve spent time with Filipinos, you’ve probably heard the words “Tagalog” and “Filipino” used interchangeably. For many, the difference feels minor, but behind those two labels is a long history shaped by migration, colonization, nationalism, and modern technology.

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From Tagalog to Filipino: Deciphering Language and Identity | SEACrowd

Is it Tagalog or Filipino? We explore how a regional language became a national standard, and why this evolution matters for training robust, inclu...

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

One last call for interested applicants! Applications for the SEACrowd Apprentice Program 2026 will end on December 17, 23:59 (UTC-12). See the post below for more details. 👇 #nlp #nlproc #ai #ml #southeastasia #lowresource #languages

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Reminder: Mentee registration is still OPEN for the second batch! If you’ve been thinking about doing real AI/ML/NLP research with mentors — this is your sign to apply. (Deadline for application - Dec 17th) Apply here: seacrowd.org/apprenticesh...

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SEACrowd 2026 Apprentice Program | SEACrowd

SEACrowd 2026 Apprentice Program Apply here by Dec 17, 2025 (UTC-12).SEACrowd Apprentice Program is a remote research program (Feb...

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

We’ve just shared a full retrospective of the first batch our Apprentice Program — from research wins to real lessons learned along the way. It’s inspiring to see how our SEA mentees transformed ideas into real papers and datasets through teamwork and mentorship. seacrowd.org/posts/appren...

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Growing SEA-Native AI Research Talent: Retrospective on the SEACrowd Apprentice Program 2024–25 | SEACrowd

What we learned from running the first SEACrowd Apprentice Program cohort, and how we're improving for Batch 2026.

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The SEACrowd Apprentice Program is 3–4 month guided research journey where you’ll collaborate with mentors, build multilingual AI tools. Open to anyone with Southeast Asia affiliation or research focus—no strict age or credential limits. We’re looking for potential, motivation, and curiosity.

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🌏 Applications are now open for the SEACrowd Apprentice Program 2026! 🗓️ Apply between Nov 17 – Dec 17, 2025 (UTC-12) 📅 Program runs Feb – Jun 2026 seacrowd.org/apprenticeship

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SEACrowd 2026 Apprentice Program | SEACrowd

SEACrowd 2026 Apprentice Program Application link.SEACrowd Apprentice Program is a remote research program (Feb 1 - Jun 30, 2026) that p...

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

We’re thrilled that SEA-VL has been accepted to the ACL 2025 (Main)! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project 🥳 Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07920 Project: seacrowd.github.io/seavl-launch/ #ACL2025NLP #SEACrowd #ForSEABySEA

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Whether you’re a researcher, developer, artist, linguist, photographer, student, or simply someone who loves Southeast Asia, your voice and skills matter. Join us! 📥 Apply now: seacrowd.github.io//seavl-phase... 💬 Questions? Join the conversation on Discord: discord.gg/XXRHFuvkTA

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🚨 SEA-VL Phase 2 - Building Vision-Language Models for Southeast Asia: Call for Contributors

Welcome! SEA-VL is a global community project organized by the SEACrowd community to push the boundaries of vision and language research in Southeast Asia (SEA). We recently completed Phase 1 of this ...

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Why contribute? 🤝 Work with an international team of passionate researchers 🏅 Earn points for every contribution—with opportunities for a certificate, exclusive merch (t-shirt & keychain), and even co-authorship on our final paper

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We are looking for contributors who can: 🔹Submit culturally relevant images from SEA 🔹Annotate image submissions 🔹Translate existing benchmarks to SEA languages 🔹Create high-quality questions for multicultural images from SEA 🔹Create high-quality prompts for image generation with our VLM

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

We want build the first open-source vision-language model (VLM) that fully captures Southeast Asia’s rich cultures, languages, and everyday life!

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

📢 Calling all SEA-passionate individuals! SEACrowd is excited to launch our contributor call for SEA-VL Phase 2: Building Visual Language Models for Southeast Asia! 🌏 After the success of Phase 1, we're now taking on a bigger mission (see thread)👇

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Interested in pushing research for Southeast Asian languages? We're happy to welcome you in SEACrowd and SIGSEA! See links below: SIGSEA: www.sigsea.org/home Discord: discord.gg/XXRHFuvkTA

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The ACL Special Interest Group on SEA NLP

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Introducing SEA-VL with 1.3M culturally relevant images—50x larger than existing datasets! 🔍 Key insights: ✅ Crowdsourcing: good accuracy but slow & costly ✅ Image Crawling: ~85% cultural relevance ❌ Image Generation fails to capture SEA nuances & faces licensing issues

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Why is this important? ✅ AI models trained on culturally relevant data can better understand local contexts, traditions, and languages. ✅ Community contributions ensure AI does not misrepresent local identities. ✅ We empower local communities in AI development.

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

💡 That’s why we created SEA-VL, an open-source initiative designed to bridge the resource gap and provide AI models with more accurate, culturally relevant data from SEA. But we couldn’t have done it alone! #NoLanguageLeftBehind #SoutheastAsia

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

AI is shaping the future, but how often does it reflect the cultures, languages, and traditions of Southeast Asia? Not enough! Most VL datasets used to train AI are dominated by Western-centric data, leaving Southeast Asian cultures largely underrepresented.

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SEACrowd @seacrowd.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

SEA-VL: Building AI for Southeast Asian Research 🌏 We release SEA-VL, the largest vision-language dataset tailored for SEA’s diverse culture. 📜 arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07920 🤗 Data: huggingface.co/collections/... Check the thread 🧵

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