Orange will use the latest Openai models to work with African languages

The French mobile operator Orange announced Tuesday its intention to exploit the most recent models. Nevertheless, of artificial intelligence in Openai in order to develop solutions for African languages.

According to researchers from Cornell University in the United States. In addition, a report published in the journal Naturethe benefits of AI models have been largely inaccessible to African languages – which are more than 2,000 – due to obstacles such as the lack of limited data and computer resources.

Present in 18 African countries. Orange signed an agreement with OpenAI last year to access its IA models in preview and refine large linguistic models in order to translate African regional languages.

Orange specifies that it has started work on African languages this year using the WHISPER vocal recognition model from OpenAI. but the new models will allow much more complex uses to orange will use latest openai go well.

The first models of Openai in Open-Weight have parameters. or “weight”, publicly accessible, allowing developers like Orange to adjust these models for specific tasks without requiring original training data.

Orange plans to refine these models with collected samples of African regional languages and to deploy them locally.

“We are planning to make the models of public governments free of charge. public authorities free of charge,” said Steve Jarrett, Chief Ai Orange, in Reuters.

“We see this initiative as a reference model to show how AI can reduce the digital divide: by collaborating with startups. local communities, Orange and Openai hope to catalyze an ecosystem where African languages will become first -class citizens in the field of AI,” added Jarrett.