Orange will enlist OpenAI and Meta to fine-tune AI Large Language Models (LLMs) to translate regional African languages for the French telecoms operator, it said on Tuesday.

OpenAI and Meta Platforms Inc. will begin training artificial intelligence programs on African languages, addressing a shortage of models for the continent’s thousands of dialects.

Orange is working with OpenAI and Meta to build custom AI models that can understand West African languages not understood by most conversational systems.

OpenAI have partnered with France-based telecom company Orange (OTC:ORANY) to train artificial intelligence models in African languages. The partnership shows how the reach of AI continues to grow as the plan targets two West African regional languages,