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South Africa's Vambo AI launches model for African languages

South African startup Vambo AI has released MORENA, an open-weight 1.5-billion-parameter language model. Founded in April 2023 by Chido Dzinotyiwei and Isheanesu Misi, Vambo AI aims to build ...
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South African Startup Launches AI Model Supporting 12 African Languages

South African technology company Vambo AI has introduced MORENA, a new artificial intelligence language model designed to ...
Nature

As AI giants duel, the Global South builds its own brainpower

In a high-stakes artificial intelligence race between the United States and China, an equally transformative movement is taking shape elsewhere. From Cape Town to Bangalore, from Cairo to Riyadh, ...
Nature

AI models are neglecting African languages — scientists want to change that

Scientists record 9,000 hours of languages spoken in Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa as free-access training data for AI models. More than 2,000 languages spoken in Africa are being neglected in the ...
Global Voices Online

South African model Chidimma Adetshina’s is being attacked on social media, and this is the reason why

As highlighted by Times Live news, social media users’ debates heated up this week after a video emerged online showing Adetshina with a group of family members, some wearing Nigerian traditional ...