For millions of South Africans, using artificial intelligence in their home language has often meant dealing with inaccurate responses, limited support or tools that simply do not understand local context.
Now, a research team from the University of Cape Town is trying to change that with a homegrown AI language model designed specifically for South Africa's linguistic landscape.
Drawing attention across the local tech and academic space, the project was recently spotlighted by both UCT researchers and 2oceansvibe News , with the team preparing to present their findings at the Language Resources and Evaluation Conference LREC in Mallorca, Spain.
