Almawave, an Italian company part of the Almaviva Group, specializing in Data & Artificial Intelligence, has announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Information & Communication Technologies Commission of Tanzania. The agreement aims to support the development and implementation of Almawave's Italian LLM model, Velvet, in its Swahili version, the official language of Tanzania alongside English, through the exchange of data, experiences, and technologies. The collaboration aims to deliver an effective generative AI tool for Tanzania’s public administration. Almawave will provide the Open Source version of Velvet to the ICTC, while the latter will supply local data and information for training the model in Swahili. The goal is to develop a “tailored” LLM model for the local context, free from bias, capable of optimizing administrative processes through digitization and improving the efficiency of public services as well as interactions with citizens. (9colonne)