Meta is seeking to make AI more inclusive with a program to support underserved languages “and help bring their speakers into the digital conversation.” Meta’s Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) unit has teamed with UNESCO to launch the Language Technology Partner Program, which is looking for people who can provide more than 10 hours of speech recordings (with transcriptions) and chunks of written text (200+ sentences, with translation) in diverse languages. “Partners will work with our teams to help integrate these languages into AI-driven speech recognition and machine translation models, which when released will be open sourced,” Meta said. Continue reading Meta Adds Indigenous Languages to Speech and Translation AI

The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday adopted a U.S.-led resolution to promote “safe, secure and trustworthy” artificial intelligence systems and their sustainable development for the benefit of all. The non-binding proposal, which was adopted without a formal vote, drew support from more than 122 co-sponsors, including China and India. It emphasizes “the respect, protection and promotion of human rights in the design, development, deployment and use” of responsible and inclusive AI. “The same rights that people have offline must also be protected online, including throughout the life cycle of artificial intelligence systems,” the resolution affirms. Continue reading UN Adopts Global AI Resolution Backed by U.S., 122 Others