Meta, OpenAI, Orange Join Forces To Build AI Models For African Languages
Meta, OpenAI, Orange Join Forces To Build AI Models For African Languages
Orange's initiative will begin by including two West African languages, Wolof and Pulaar, spoken by approximately 16 million and 6 million people, respectively. These languages are commonly used in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. The AI models will initially roll out in early 2025, with plans to cover all 18 West African nations in future expansions. Orange will also make these models available for non-commercial uses, including public health and education.French telecom company Orange announced its partnership with OpenAI, backed by Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), Facebook's parent company.
法国电信公司Orange宣布与OpenAI合作，由微软公司（纳斯达克股票代码：MSFT）和Facebook的母公司Meta Platforms Inc（纳斯达克股票代码：META）提供支持。
This collaboration aims to create custom artificial intelligence (AI) models tailored to understand African regional languages better, starting with West Africa. These AI systems will be built upon open-source models, Whisper and Llama, to address the challenges of less represented languages in mainstream AI solutions.
此次合作旨在创建量身定制的人工智能（AI）模型，以更好地理解非洲地区语言，首先是西非。这些人工智能系统将建立在开源模型Whisper和Llama之上，以应对主流人工智能解决方案中代表性较低的语言所带来的挑战。
The project highlights the difficulties major AI firms face when their systems rely predominantly on U.S.-based data, which limits their ability to interpret languages and contexts from regions like Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Orange plans to fine-tune these models by integrating language-specific data, improving their capacity to recognize and process regional dialects, CNBC reports.
该项目凸显了大型人工智能公司在系统主要依赖美国数据时面临的困难，这限制了他们解释非洲、中东和欧洲等地区的语言和背景的能力。据CNBC报道，Orange计划通过整合特定语言的数据来微调这些模型，提高其识别和处理区域方言的能力。
Orange's initiative will begin by including two West African languages, Wolof and Pulaar, spoken by approximately 16 million and 6 million people, respectively. These languages are commonly used in Senegal, The Gambia, and Mauritania. The AI models will initially roll out in early 2025, with plans to cover all 18 West African nations in future expansions. Orange will also make these models available for non-commercial uses, including public health and education.
Orange的计划首先将包括两种西非语言，即沃洛夫语和普拉尔语，分别由大约1600万和600万人使用。这些语言通常在塞内加尔、冈比亚和毛里塔尼亚使用。人工智能模型最初将在2025年初推出，并计划在未来的扩展中覆盖所有18个西非国家。Orange还将把这些模型提供给非商业用途，包括公共卫生和教育。
The initiative aligns with the growing global emphasis on "sovereign AI," which focuses on creating regionally controlled AI systems to safeguard local languages, cultures, and data. Orange is also working on hosting OpenAI models in European data centers to ensure localized data processing and early access to advanced AI models. These efforts will help Orange develop innovative applications like AI-powered voice systems for customer service.
该计划与全球对 “主权人工智能” 的日益重视相吻合，后者专注于创建区域控制的人工智能系统，以保护当地语言、文化和数据。Orange还致力于在欧洲数据中心托管OpenAI模型，以确保本地化数据处理和尽早获得高级人工智能模型。这些努力将帮助Orange开发创新的应用程序，例如用于客户服务的AI语音系统。
Nvidia chief Jensen Huang expressed solidarity with sovereign AI, which he deems critical for countries to leverage their strengths. He is backing it with a $110 million fund for startups.
英伟达首席执行官黄延森表示声援主权人工智能，他认为主权人工智能对于各国利用其优势至关重要。他正在为初创企业提供1.1亿美元的资金来支持它。
International Business Machines Corp (NYSE:IBM) chief Arvind Krishna and Nvidia CFO Colette Kressexpressed similar opinions.
国际商业机器公司（纽约证券交易所代码：IBM）首席执行官阿文德·克里希纳和英伟达首席财务官科莱特·克雷斯也表达了类似的观点。
