NL4AI 2024: Overview of the Eighth Workshop on Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI 2024)

The Natural Language for Artificial Intelligence (NL4AI) workshop serves as a platform to explore the area situated at the intersection between Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with a special emphasis on recent activities carried out in both fields in Italy. The eighth edition of the workshop had 18 submissions, of which 16 were accepted. The submissions span a broad spectrum of topics, encompassing foundational NLP research, applied NLP, and works that bridge the realms of NLP and AI. This edition exhibited a strong international presence, featuring contributions from authors representing 6 countries. The submissions also reflect a diversity of languages (e.g., English, Italian) and modalities (e.g., text, vision), underscoring the workshop's commitment to inclusivity and comprehensive exploration.