{
  "id": 13563268,
  "title": "World Bank: African languages are underrepresented in Artificial Intelligence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/world-bank-african-languages-are-underrepresented-in-artificial",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-10T22:33:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/world-bank-african-languages-are-underrepresented-in-artificial-intelligence"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms education, business and access to information, millions of Africans risk being left behind if the technology cannot adequately understand the languages they speak. The World Bank has identified the underrepresentation of African languages, institutions and economic activities in AI training data as a barrier to developing systems that respond effectively…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "People Daily Kenya",
        "title": "World Bank warns AI could widen Kenya’s worker divide without better internet and skills",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/10/world-bank-warns-ai-could-widen-kenyas-worker-divide-without-better",
        "published": "2026-10-10T22:15:28.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}