IBM has announced the launch of its generative artificial intelligence (GenAl) Innovation Centre in Kochi. This innovation centre will allow enterprises, start- ups, and partners to explore, experience, and build GenAl technology.

The GenAl Innovation Centre will provide organisations with access to IBM experts and technologies designed to help them build, scale and accelerate the adoption of enterprise-grade Al.

According to the company, the centre is built on InstructLab, a new technology jointly developed by IBM and Red Hat for enhancing large language models (LLMs) with a client’s own data and will also take advantage of IBM Watsonx Al and data platform and Al assistant technologies. Meanwhile, it will allow clients to learn about the fine-tuning of LLMs and to partner with IBM to have their own trained, fine-tuned, and governed models deployed for their enterprise use cases.

Further, the centre will be a part of the IBM India Software Lab in Kochi and will be managed by IBM’s technical experts. Furthermore, with access to the latest in GenAl technology, LLMs, case studies, and IBM experts, the centre will nurture a community focused on harnessing the power of GenAl to address societal and business challenges ranging from sustainability, public infrastructure, healthcare education, inclusion, etc.