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,

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.

Key Takeaways Amazon said it expects to spend over $100 billion in capital expenditures this year, with the "vast majority" going to AI for Amazon Web Services.The company is the latest Big Tech firm to announce it's boosting expected AI infrastructure spending this year.

A clear trend has emerged in the past few weeks, as one tech giant after another reported their earnings: Big Tech is spending big on artificial intelligence in 2025. Combined, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and Alphabet,

Amazon's forecasted spending in 2025 is 35% higher than 2024 and well above the $86 billion analysts expected.