About
An AI-powered tool is now available for some OED entries, which can be used to supply more examples of the sense if desired: the OED AI Quotations Finder.

Launching in beta, it works by using an LLM (Large Language Model) to interpret potential quotations from the EarlyPrint corpus and assign them to the corresponding OED sense.
In this talk, the team behind the tool discussed:

  • Showcase the OED AI Quotations Finder
  • The reasons behind its creation
  • A peek behind the scenes of its development
  • Answered questions from the audience
Presenters
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Bhagya Kakkanat Shibu
Data Scientist - AI Solutions, Academic New Ventures, Oxford University Press    
Bhagya joined Oxford University Press's Academic New Ventures team in November 2025,  where she works on Proof of Concepts exploring how Large Language Models and AI can support academic publishing. Her background includes working at Tata Consultancy Services in Bangalore, India, developing enterprise applications, and later at Robert Bosch, China, where she focused on Machine Learning solutions for automotive systems. She holds a Master's Degree in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Born and raised in Kerala, India, Bhagya is particularly interested in the responsible and ethical deployment of AI technologies and learning how they can be thoughtfully applied to enhance academic research and publishing.     
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Elinor Hawkes
Product Manager (Academic), Oxford Languages, Oxford University Press
Elinor Hawkes was born and raised in Preston, Lancashire. After studying Music as an undergraduate, she then gained a Masters in Archives and Records Management and worked as an archivist for several years, holding posts at the Bodleian Library and the London School of Economics. Specialising in digitization and digital archives, she then worked for Gale, a Cengage company as Product Editor before joining OUP in 2017 as Business Analyst. In 2021 she joined Oxford Languages as Product Manager for the Oxford English Dictionary and Oxford Dictionaries Premium.
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Dr Mohamed Eric Lacey
Editor, OED General Editorial Group, Oxford University Press
I joined the OED’s research team after working as an historical linguist for over a decade. In that time I taught and researched in the disciplines of English Language, Linguistics, English Literature and History at the University of Winchester, and before that at Department of English at University College London. In addition to publications on Old English, medieval falconry, cognitive semantics and the study of the history of language, I was a consultant for the video game Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, its expansion Dawn of Ragnarök and the augmented reality 878 AD attraction in Winchester.
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