<p>We speak hundreds of languages across the African continent.
But only a small number are represented on the internet.
So what future do the languages we speak at home and with our families have, if we cannot use them in a digital world?</p><p>This is where machine learning comes in, Artificial Intelligence. Because there are translation tools out there, b ... Show More
Aug 2024
ChatGPT has a language problem — but science can fix it
AIs built on Large Language Models have wowed by producing particularly fluent text. However, their ability to do this is limited in many languages. As the data and resources used to train a model in a specific language drops, so does the performance of the model, meaning that fo ... Show More
36m 50s
Feb 2022
🌍 AI in Africa - Voice & language tools (Practical AI #167)
In the third of the “AI in Africa” spotlight episodes, we welcome Kathleen Siminyu, who is building Kiswahili voice tools at Mozilla. We had a great discussion with Kathleen about creating more diverse voice and language datasets, involving local language communities in NLP work, ... Show More
43m 37s
Jul 2023
2451: How LingQ is Expanding Language Horizons With Tech
In today's episode of Tech Talks Daily, we are joined by Mark Kaufmann, the CEO of LingQ, an innovative language-learning app. LingQ has recently made headlines for announcing the addition of Swahili to their extensive catalogue of languages, raising their total to 42 languages o ... Show More
30m 21s
Jun 2021
AI-assisted language translation: Context is king
Translators aren’t headed for obsolescence just yet. Computer-assisted language translation has come a long way, but for many jobs, you’ll still need a human in the loop to avoid inaccuracies, tone-deafness, and cultural insensitivity. Computer scientist Spence Green is president ... Show More
28m 8s