New Partnership Launched to Ensure Linguistic Diversity and Broad Journalistic Content for AI Models

Paris, 10 February — The International Fund for Public Interest Media (IFPIM) today announced the creation of the Global Media Trust, a new initiative and platform to enable news content creators - particularly those producing content in the Global Majority - to be paid for content essential to training AI Large Language Models (LLMs) and to foster linguistic diversity in the development of AI technology.
by  International Fund for Public Interest Media

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