Computational research & AI FOR GOOD
LATAM-GPT: A Culturally Sensitive Large Language Model for Latin America
LATAM-GPT is a groundbreaking large language model developed by the National Center for Artificial Intelligence (CENIA) in Chile, in partnership with over thirty institutions and twelve Latin American countries. The initiative aims to create an open-source AI model...
Blind South Africa: Apps for the Visually Impaired
An initiative led by Christo de Klerk at Blind South Africa focuses on promoting the use of accessible mobile and digital applications for blind and visually impaired people in South Africa. Highlighted at the 2025 Copyright and the Public Interest in Africa...
A Talking Health Chatbot in African Languages: DSFSI, University of Pretoria
A project at the Data Sciences for Social Impact (DSFSI) group, University of Pretoria, led by Professor Vukosi Marivate, is developing a talking health chatbot in African languages to provide accessible, culturally relevant health information to underserved...
Masakhane: Use of the JW300 Dataset for Natural Language Processing
The Masakhane Project showcases the transformative power of open, collaborative efforts in advancing natural language processing (NLP) for African languages. However, its reliance on the JW300 dataset—a vast multilingual corpus primarily comprising copyrighted...
The NOODL license: Licensing African datasets to support research and AI in the Global South
Who has the ability to take language data from African communities and develop an AI tool? Anyone with the capability can do that. And you'll find that there are certain jurisdictions that have more capability than those in Africa. And so, what will happen? They'll...