An Artificial Intelligence (AI) expert, Mr Arnold Agure-Dam has advocated for a locally owned platform to enhance accurate and unbiased information retrieval about the country.
Agure-Dam, who is the CEO of GreyDots, an Artificial Intelligence (AI) firm, made this known in an interview on Tuesday in Lagos state.
The AI app is called Nigeria Info’ Generative Pre-trained Transformer (NiGPT) and will harmonise the nation’s information from a local system.
According to Agure-Dam, NiGPT is a necessity for Nigeria because most of the data about the country are not controlled locally and have created room for information bias.
“So we decided to provide a platform that will democratise Nigerian specific information and bring it to the fingertip of our citizens.
”This will be easy to access information without going on a long research to get answers. We aim to replace Google with Ask NiGPT in Nigeria.
“We want to make questions about our country a priority without having to go through long and biased research,” he said.
Agure-Dam also added that NiGPT was a revolutionary project designed to harness the power of AI to revolutionise various sectors.
“The goal is to develop sophisticated AI solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into industries such as healthcare, finance, education and agriculture, among others.
“AI is a cutting-edge technology that not only addresses complex problems but also enhances the efficiency and productivity of businesses and organisations.
“Therefore, by leveraging AI, NiGPT aims to bring about significant positive changes in how industries operate, ultimately improving everyday life and business operations,” Agure-Dam said.
The Minister of State for Youths, Ayodele Olawande, said that AI was a welcome development that everyone in Nigeria should key into, adding that it would help improve intelligence.
The Lagos State Commissioner for Innovation, Science and Technology, Olatubosun Alake reiterated the government’s commitment towards supporting innovations that would promote accurate information about Nigeria.
“The launch of this app is along the lines of building capacity in Artificial Intelligence. It also goes to show that our Nigerian companies have the capacity.
“We are proud to announce that now our local team has built a solution that we own as Nigerians.
”This is a significant advantage for us as we can now start to solve problems from a local context,” Alake said.
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