Next month, the BharatGPT group, with the support of Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd, will unveil its inaugural ChatGPT-style service. A preview of the model was provided by the group, comprising Reliance and eight associated universities, showcasing its versatility: a motorcycle mechanic in India interacting with the AI bot in Tamil, a banker conversing in Hindi, and a developer employing the tool to code.
The BharatGPT group, encompassing an arm of India’s most valuable company and eight affiliated universities, offered a sneak peek of the large language model Tuesday during a technology conference in Mumbai. In a video played before delegates, a motorcycle mechanic in southern India queried an AI bot in his native Tamil, a banker conversed with the tool in Hindi, and a developer in Hyderabad used it to write computer code.
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Reliance’s BharatGPT to Launch Tailored AI for Indian Languages
They have dubbed the model “Hanooman,” representing India’s endeavor to develop AI technology with transformative potential. The model will work via 11 local languages in four fields: health care, governance, financial services and education.
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How is Hanooman being developed?
Indian Institute of Technology universities are collaborating with Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd to develop the model. Other startups such as Sarvam and Krutrim backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Vinod Khosla’s fund, are also building open-sourced AI models for India.
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What will Hanooman offer to users?
Hanooman will offer speech-to-text capabilities to the users. The goal is to make it more user-friendly and Reliance Jio will build customized models for specific uses as well. Reliance is already working on Jio Brain- a platform to use AI across a network of about 450 million subscribers.
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