Malaysian SFW Classifier for AI Safety in LLMOps
08-24, 11:20–12:00 (Asia/Kuala_Lumpur), JC 3

This talk showcases how the team builds an open-source Malaysian context SFW Classifier using active learning with Malaysian LLM feedback loops and a state-of-the-art Classifier model.


As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly integrated into operational workflows (LLM-Ops), there is a pressing need for effective guardrails to ensure safe and aligned interactions, including the ability to detect potentially unsafe or inappropriate content across languages. However, existing safe-for-work classifiers are primarily focused on English text. To address this gap in the Malaysian language, the team presents a novel safe-for-work text classifier tailored specifically for Malaysian language content. By curating and annotating a first-of-its-kind dataset of Malaysian text spanning multiple content categories, the team trained a classification model capable of identifying potentially unsafe material using state-of-the-art natural language processing techniques. This work represents an important step in enabling safer interactions and content filtering to mitigate potential risks and ensure responsible deployment of LLMs. To maximize accessibility and promote further research towards enhancing alignment in LLM-Ops for the Malaysian context, the model and dataset publicly released at https://huggingface.co/malaysia-ai/malaysian-sfw-classifier

Artificial Intelligence Engineer with expertise in AI/ML solutions on AWS & Azure using Kubernetes. Built LLMs, & speech recognition systems leveraging deep learning. Experienced in deep learning & machine learning methodologies across domains. Passionate about music every day and love to play games