Hugging Face x Lambda: Whisper Fine-Tuning Event

Hugging Face and Lambda are collaborating for a two-week event to fine-tune the Whisper model in as many languages as possible, aiming to achieve state-of-the-art performance. The event is open to anyone interested, with Hugging Face providing training scripts, notebooks, talks, and resources, and Lambda offering free access to A100 GPUs on its cloud platform. Participants can choose their level of participation, from using a template script to exploring advanced training methods. The goal is to fine-tune Whisper in at least 70 languages, but the community hopes to reach 100 languages or more during the event. Participants will work together, sharing findings and learning from each other, with the aim of democratizing speech recognition for all.