Orange to Leverage OpenAI’s AI Models for African Languages
French telecommunications giant Orange is making significant strides in bridging the AI language gap in Africa. The company plans to adapt and refine OpenAI’s advanced artificial intelligence models to better support the diverse range of languages spoken across the continent. This initiative addresses the historical underrepresentation of over 2,000 African languages in AI development due to limited data availability and computational resources.
# Addressing Africa’s Linguistic AI Gap
Orange, with operations spanning 18 African nations, is tackling this challenge head-on. Building upon a previous agreement with OpenAI, which provided early access to experimental AI models, Orange is expanding its efforts. Having already implemented OpenAI’s Whisper speech model for African languages earlier in the year, the company is now venturing into more intricate large language model (LLM) applications. By utilizing OpenAI’s new open-weight models, Orange can efficiently fine-tune these tools using its own datasets of African languages, accelerating progress instead of starting from the ground up.
Orange’s commitment to making these fine-tuned models freely available to local communities underscores its dedication to fostering inclusive AI development across the African continent. This initiative represents a crucial step towards ensuring that AI systems are accessible and relevant to a broader global audience.
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