Google's African scientists are teaching machines to solve problems on the continent | BISouthAfrica
Moustapha Cisse, Lead of the Google Artificial Intelligence Research Lab in Accra, Ghana. Photo Jay Caboz
They also want to teach AI to translate 2,000 African languages; to tell you if your plant is sick from a photo; and teach it to count buildings using satellite imagery.Google has launched a new centre in Accra, Ghana, that will allow African-based researchers to shape Artificial Intelligence to solve African problems.
“We’ve managed to train machines to identify pixels, and they can transcribe audio and translate languages for us. We want all people in Africa to benefit and access this information,” said Cisse.
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