Like other small languages, Faroese struggles to establish its presence in the digital world. Globalization and the development of large language models in major world languages place increasing pressure on smaller languages. This makes it essential to identify solutions that ensure Faroese not only survives but also thrives in [...]
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The Centre for Language Technology is now collaborating on the TrustLLM project. This is very exciting and positive for the Faroese language. The TrustLLM project is a collaboration between various institutions and universities from European countries. The Centre for Language Technology at the University of the Faroe Islands functions as an external collaborator. TrustLLM develops reliable multilingual large language models (LLMs), focusing on European languages and
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On April 2nd, Dávid í Lág started a new PhD research position at the University of the Faroe Islands. Dávid holds a degree in computer science with a specialization in data science and machine learning from the IT University of Copenhagen. The PhD project aims to research automatic speech recognition (ASR) for smaller languages, focusing on the Faroese language. In recent years, ASR has become a part of
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Almost every day, we are engulfed with concepts and words from around the world. We eventually got our own localized words for computer, helicopter, and memory stick: telda, tyrla, and geymi. Technology development moves at a breakneck pace, and before we knew it, AI could write assignments for us. And now we even have our own word for AI: vitlíki! In order to get AI to do some work for us,
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