NIGHT OWL As the founder of NightOwlGPT, I am thrilled to announce that we have been accepted into the NVIDIA Inception Program. This milestone is more than an honor; it’s a game changer for NightOwlGPT and our mission to create powerful, culturally competent natural language processing (NLP)...
NIGHT OWL When I entered the London School of Economics (LSE) Cities program, I had just stepped away from nearly eight years in government, where my focus was often on addressing immediate urban challenges. Stepping into the academic world allowed me to look at cities across the Philippines from a...
NIGHT OWL As the founder of NightOwlGPT, I ’ ve seen firsthand how data scarcity impacts the development of natural language processing (NLP) models for marginalized and indigenous languages. These languages often exist outside mainstream digital spaces, leaving billions of speakers without...
NIGHT OWL As an MSc Major Programme Management student at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, my research will focus on one of the most pressing challenges in the digital age: bridging the digital divide by enhancing natural language processing (NLP) capabilities for...
NIGHT OWL In the world today, a silent crisis is unfolding: the rapid extinction of languages. UNESCO estimates that approximately 40 percent of the world’s 7,000 languages are at risk of disappearing by the end of this century. This is more than just the loss of words and grammar; it is the loss...
NIGHT OWL My name is Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo, and I am a proud member of the Karay-a ethnolinguistic group, one of the many indigenous communities in the Philippines. Growing up, my mother made sure that I knew where my roots came from. She spoke to me in Karay-a, shared our traditional stories, and...
NIGHT OWL Achieving sustainable cities and communities is one of the most challenging among the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) because it is a result of a confluence of factors—which includes attainment of the other goals. The United Nations (UN) advocates for...
NIGHT OWL Public transportation costs approximately one-sixteenth (1/16) of what people pay for owning and using a personal vehicle, according to the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). This makes mass transit a vital instrument to alleviate social inequalities in urban...
NIGHT OWL In our society today, is it even possible to go car-free? For some, owning a car equates to higher social status; for others it is about comfort and convenience. Moreover, if we look into the state of our public transportation, it is less appealing as an option for daily commute. In...
NIGHT OWL The 15-minute city model is now gaining traction as a feasible urban planning concept that is anchored on sustainability, inclusivity and innovation. With this idea that citizens’ basic needs will be accessible within 15 minutes of travel, many cities are looking at it as a means to...
NIGHT OWL In many developed cities around the world, an efficient public transport system is an integral component of urban planning. It is essential to creating inclusive, sustainable, and nature-friendly communities. But when there is a choice between public transportation and personal vehicles,...
NIGHT OWL Governments around the world are seeking to build communities that are not only sustainable and resilient, but also inclusive. So when a sector continues to be left behind, then we have yet to realize the full potential of our communities, as there are citizens who still lack access to...
