AI must learn to speak fluent Greek, official says

Those involved in developing artificial intelligence apps are gushing about their potential. But unless your English is fluent, your voice instructions will be ignored by your smart devices. And if your command of foreign languages is shaky and you attempt to translate an original text into Greek, you will need all your imagination to decipher the result, since the Greek produced by large language models follows the structure of the English language.

Developing a Greek language model is an urgent task, says Digital Governance Minister Dimitris Papastergiou: "It is crucial to create the AI tools that will 'speak' and 'understand' Greek completely. This will lead to developing AI applications for the citizens' benefit. It is a complex task." The project is run by the ministry, the National Technical University of Athens, and research institutes Demokritos, Athena and the...