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The Welsh Government is working with OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT, to improve how AI technologies work in Welsh.

The partnership will create ‘open data archives’ to help AI models and applications to improve their grasp of Welsh.

Economy secretary Jeremy Miles, who has responsibility for the Welsh language, has outlined the role technology will play in efforts to boost the use of Welsh – with the Welsh Government aiming to have one million Welsh speakers by the year 2050.

He said: “Cymraeg belongs to us all, and we all have a duty to protect it and to make sure it grows in all aspects of society.

“All of us use technology one way or another, and increasingly, we’re seeing AI being used in more situations.

“I’m excited to see how the new data partnership with OpenAI will lead to improving how AI-technologies work in Welsh.”

He continued: “Working with OpenAI in the past, we’ve been able to share Welsh language resources and Welsh Government-funded components.”

Anna Makanju, vice president of global affairs at OpenAI, said: “The Welsh Government has been a great partner in creating an open-source dataset for training language models.

“At OpenAI, we want our models to understand as many languages and cultures as possible, so they can benefit as many people as possible.”

Mr Miles encouraged the public to, through the Welsh Government website, submit information or ideas about how technology could help them use more Welsh.