BharatGPT, a consortium backed by Reliance Industries Limited and eight of India’s Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), including IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi, is set to launch the artificial intelligence (AI) model for India in March 2024.
The first ChatGPT-style service, named ‘Hanooman’, is a big step in the country’s ambitions to become a player in the field of AI. The model ‘Hanooman’ will represent an advance for India in the accelerating race to develop potentially transformative AI technology. BharatGPT envisions the model working via 11 local languages in four main fields, including health care, governance, financial services, and education. Hanooman will also offer speech-to-text capabilities, making it vastly more user-friendly.
Furthermore, Reliance Jio will build customised models for specific uses. The conglomerate is already working on Jio Brain, a platform to use Al across a network of about 450 million subscribers.
