Episode

When AI Gets Culture Wrong | Melissa McMahon | Acclaro

Podcast: Localization Fireside Chat
Published: Apr 23, 2026
Duration seconds: 3297
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Summary

Melissa McMahon, VP of Language Services at Acclaro, joins Robin Ayoub to explore Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and what it means when AI generates localized content at scale without it. A candid conversation about where language ends and culture begins.