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News Author: Wiida Fourie-Basson Published: 28/04/2021 ​From Khoekhoegowab to Igbo and Sepedi – these are only three of the low-resource languages in Africa that a group of over 400 volunteers from more than 20 African countries are targeting to address the lack of diversity in the field of natural language processing. Natural language processing (NLP) is a branch of artificial intelligence that helps computers understand, interpret and manipulate human language. But while Africa has more than 2000 living languages, most of these have very little data, making it difficult to develop speec...

KIGALI, Rwanda, 21 April, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) and Baden-Württemberg International (BW_i) have kicked off a virtual scientific conference under the theme “How can digitalization contribute to a more resilient global health”. Launched to bring together young scientists from Africa and Germany, the two-day (April 20-21) event will provide a unique platform for knowledge exchanges, facilitate networking, and draw insights from global health and digitalization experts. “The theme of this conference perfectly interlocks...

Artificial intelligence presents a moral dilemma 21 Feb 2021 Demonstrators turned on the flash of their smartphones on Bastille Square to defend the freedom values of France this Saturday, November 28, 2020, as several tens of thousands of people participated in the great March of Liberties in Paris to protest against the Global Security Bill which aims to prohibit the dissemination of images of police officers in France and the widespread use of surveillance methods such as drones and facial recognition. While the demonstration was peaceful and full of signs and opposition slogans, at the en...