Google Launches WAXAL To Expand African Languages In AI
By TOSI ORE GOOGLE has launched WAXAL (the Wolof, Amharic, Xitsonga, Afrikaans, and Luganda speech dataset), a large-scale open speech dataset designed to strengthen African representation in artificial intelligence, in partnership with leading research institutions across the continent. The initiative aims to give more than 100 million Africans access to voice-enabled AI technologies by addressing the long-standing shortage […]
