Orange 宣布與 Openai 和 Meta 合作開發理解非洲語言的人工智慧模型

法國電信巨擘Orange於11月26日宣布將與Openai和Meta合作微調人工智慧（AI）

Telecoms company Orange has announced a partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) firms Openai and Meta to fine-tune large language models (LLMs) to understand African languages.

電信公司 Orange 宣布與人工智慧 (AI) 公司 Openai 和 Meta 合作，對大型語言模型 (LLM) 進行微調，以理解非洲語言。

The custom AI models will enable Orange users across Africa to communicate with customer support and sales in their native languages, the company said on Sunday, Nov. 26.

該公司於 11 月 26 日星期日表示，定制的人工智慧模型將使非洲各地的 Orange 用戶能夠用他們的母語與客戶支援和銷售人員進行溝通。

Open-source AI models will be provided externally with a “free license” for non-commercial use, such as for public health and education.

開源人工智慧模型將向外部提供“免費許可證”，用於非商業用途，例如用於公共衛生和教育。

Orange also intends to drive AI innovation in these regional languages through collaborations with local startups and other tech companies. The goal is to mitigate the growing digital divide faced by the continent’s residents.

Orange 也打算透過與當地新創公司和其他科技公司合作，推動這些地區語言的人工智慧創新。目標是縮小非洲大陸居民面臨的日益擴大的數位落差。

Initially, the project will focus on two languages in West Africa: Wolof and Pulaar, which are spoken by 24 million people.

最初，該計畫將重點關注西非的兩種語言：沃洛夫語和普拉爾語，這兩種語言有 2400 萬人使用。

Over the long term, Orange said it hopes to work with as many AI technology providers as possible to enable future models to recognize African languages spoken and written in 18 countries where it has a presence.

Orange 表示，從長遠來看，它希望與盡可能多的人工智慧技術供應商合作，使未來的模式能夠識別其業務所在的 18 個國家的口頭和書面非洲語言。

“By fine-tuning leading AI models such as Openais ‘Whisper’ speech model and Meta’s ‘Llama’ text model with diverse examples of these languages, we will enable them to better understand these regional languages,” the telecom operator said in a statement.

該電信業者在聲明中表示：「透過使用這些語言的不同範例對Openais 的'Whisper'語音模型和Meta 的'Llama'文本模型等領先的人工智慧模型進行微調，我們將使他們能夠更好地理解這些區域語言。

In its statement, Orange said it wants AI to be accessible to everyone in these regions, including the illiterate and other disadvantaged groups.

Orange 在聲明中表示，希望這些地區的每個人都能使用人工智慧，包括文盲和其他弱勢群體。

Besides the agreement focusing on African languages, Orange said it has signed an agreement with Openai, which gives it direct access to the latter's models. This access enables Orange to improve existing solutions.

除了專注於非洲語言的協議外，Orange 表示它還與 Openai 簽署了一項協議，可以直接存取後者的模型。此存取權限使 Orange 能夠改進現有解決方案。

Furthermore, this separate arrangement will give Orange early access to advanced AI models, enabling new applications like AI-powered voice interactions for customers.

此外，這種單獨的安排將使 Orange 能夠儘早獲得先進的人工智慧模型，為客戶提供人工智慧語音互動等新應用。