This data will be the backbone of Meta’s AI development, helping it better understand and translate languages that often get left behind. Meta is offering a chance for partners

Meta is launching a new program in partnership with UNESCO to collect speech recordings and transcriptions the company said will help the development of future openly available AI.

Meta has partnered with UNESCO on a new plan to improve translation and speech recognition AI, Techcrunch reported. As part of its Language Technology Partner Program, Meta is seeking collaborators willing to donate at least 10 hours of speech recordings with transcriptions,

Meta seeks language data from speakers of less common languages for its open-source AI translation project, highlighting related initiatives.

The government of Nunavut, a territory in northern Canada that speaks a variety of endangered Native Inuit languages, has reportedly already signed up for the program.