The project, launched in 2025, aims to integrate African regional languages into AI models like OpenAIthe Whisper speech model of and MetaThe Llama series from to enable local users to get involved in customer support and sales.
Orange will offer the refined AI models externally via a non-commercial license for uses in services such as public health and education.
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Orange also plans to work with local startups and technologies on the AI project to “bridge the growing digital divide faced by people across the African continent.”
Orange said its long-term goal is to work with AI technology providers to enable future models to recognize all African languages spoken and written across the company’s 18 countries in the region.
“Orange’s vision is to make AI and related advances accessible to everyone, including illiterate populations, who currently cannot benefit from the potential of artificial intelligence,” Orange says. statement bed. “The initiative is a model for how AI can be used to benefit people currently excluded. »
In addition to the open source project, Orange announced that it had signed an agreement with OpenAI to provide access to its AI models in Europe.
Orange will be able to leverage OpenAI’s vast library of AI systems, including reasoning system o1with data processed and hosted in data centers in Europe.
As part of the deal, Orange will have access to OpenAI’s latest and most advanced AI models, enabling the operator to leverage applications such as AI voice interactions with customers.
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