# When AI Gets Culture Wrong | Melissa McMahon | Acclaro

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Podcast: [Localization Fireside Chat](https://stenobird.com/podcast/localization-fireside-chat-6037984)
Published: 2026-04-23T21:17:06+00:00
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## Resource

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.

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