Orange 宣布与 Openai 和 Meta 合作开发理解非洲语言的人工智能模型

法国电信巨头Orange于11月26日宣布将与Openai和Meta合作微调人工智能（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.

电信公司 Orange 宣布与人工智能 (AI) 公司 Openai 和 Meta 合作，对大型语言模型 (LLM) 进行微调，以理解非洲语言。

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.

该公司于 11 月 26 日星期日表示，定制的人工智能模型将使非洲各地的 Orange 用户能够用他们的母语与客户支持和销售人员进行沟通。

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

开源人工智能模型将向外部提供“免费许可证”，用于非商业用途，例如用于公共卫生和教育。

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 还打算通过与当地初创公司和其他科技公司合作，推动这些地区语言的人工智能创新。目标是缩小非洲大陆居民面临的日益扩大的数字鸿沟。

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

最初，该项目将重点关注西非的两种语言：沃洛夫语和普拉尔语，有 2400 万人使用这两种语言。

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，从长远来看，它希望与尽可能多的人工智能技术提供商合作，使未来的模型能够识别其业务所在的 18 个国家的口头和书面非洲语言。

“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.

该电信运营商在一份声明中表示：“通过使用这些语言的不同示例对 Openais 的‘Whisper’语音模型和 Meta 的‘Llama’文本模型等领先的人工智能模型进行微调，我们将使他们能够更好地理解这些区域语言。”

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

Orange 在声明中表示，希望这些地区的每个人都能使用人工智能，包括文盲和其他弱势群体。

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.

除了专注于非洲语言的协议外，Orange 表示它还与 Openai 签署了一项协议，可以直接访问后者的模型。此访问权限使 Orange 能够改进现有解决方案。

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，这种单独的安排将使 Orange 能够尽早获得先进的人工智能模型，为客户提供人工智能语音交互等新应用。