Researcher to Share Insights on Building African-Centric LLMs at Indaba
davlanade · x · 2026-08-03
David Adelani, Assistant Professor at McGill University, announced he will speak at this year's Deep Learning Indaba. His talk is titled Lessons from the Trenches: Building African-Centric LLMs for African Languages.
An award-winning researcher, Adelani has led the development of models like AfroXLMR and AfriqueLLM, focusing on prioritizing low-resource African languages in the advancement of AI.
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