IBM and BharatGen Join Forces to Advance AI Innovation in India
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new Delhi, India – september 18, 2024โ – โฃIBM and BharatGen announced a strategic collaboration today toโฃ accelerate the growth and deployment of artificial intelligence solutions tailored for the Indian market.โ The partnership will focusโ on building sovereign AI capabilities powered by Indic large language โmodels (LLMs), addressing the unique linguistic andโ cultural nuances of India’s diverse population.
This โinitiative arrivesโ at a pivotal moment โas Indiaโ seeks to โharness the transformative power of AI across key sectors like agriculture,โข finance, education, andโ governance. By combining IBM’s global AI expertise withโค BharatGen’sโ deep understanding โof Indian languages and cultural contexts, the collaboration aims toโ overcome existing barriers to AI adoption and foster โคinclusiveโข digital growth.The โคpartnership willโค prioritize โthe โinclusion of underserved Indianโ languages and dialects, extending digital participation beyondโ theโฃ commonly supported top 12-22 languages.
Keyโ Collaboration Areas
- Develop an enterprise-scale model development methodology to strengthen responsible model โคdevelopment.
- Create new benchmarks specifically suitedโ for Indic domain andโ languages.
- Research new and emerging model architecture and technologies leveraging IBM and BharatGen’s experience in high-performance generative AI models.
According to Prof.Ganesh Ramakrishnan of BharatGen, This collaboration โwithโฃ IBM allows us to bring cutting-edge โglobal research, scalable architectures and inclusive systems โคfor India.
He furtherโข emphasizedโข the commitment to driveโข transformative solutions forโค empoweringโฃ India’s digital journey.
โค Sandip Patel,Managing Director of IBMโ India and South Asia,stated,Through our collaboration with BharatGen,we aim to advance sovereign AI capabilities that reflect India’s diversity and โฃdeliverโข meaningfulโ impact โacross sectors.
BharatGen’s roadmapโค encompasses bothโข national and commercial applications, with a particular emphasisโ on representing underserved languages and fostering self-reliance throughโฃ sovereignโค AI models. The initiative is supported by the Department of Scienceโ and Technology (DST) under the Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Bombay.
Did You Know?
BharatGen is โbuilding โคa โฃfamilyโ of LLMs and multi-modal FMsโค to serve diverse needs in India, including representing underserved languages and creating sovereign models for self-reliance.
| Area โof Focus | Key Objective |
|---|---|
| Model development | Responsible โฃAI practices |
| Benchmarking | Indic โlanguage โฃsuitability |
| Research | Advanced AIโค architectures |
| Language Inclusion | Beyond top 22 languages |
Pro Tip: Explore IBM’sโ AI capabilities โฃand BharatGen’s initiatives to understand how these advancements can โฃbenefit yourโ institution or community.
IBM,a global leader in hybrid cloud and AI,brings its expertise in enterprise-grade platforms and scalable architectures to the partnership. BharatGen, a multimodal and large language model initiative,โ contributes itsโฃ deep โunderstanding of Indian โฃlanguages and cultural nuances. This synergy aims to โcreate AI solutions that are notโข only technologically advanced butโฃ also โculturally relevant and โคinclusive.
What impact will this collaboration have on AI accessibility for rural communities in India? how will theโข focus on underserved languages contributeโข to bridging the โฃdigital divide?
– Prof.โฃ Ganesh Ramakrishnan, โBharatGen
Background: The Rise of Sovereign AI
The concept of sovereign AI
is gaining traction globally, driven by โconcernsโข about โdata โprivacy, national security, and theโ need for AI systems that reflect local โคvalues and priorities. India’s commitment to โฃdeveloping its own AI capabilitiesโ aligns with this trend, aimingโข to โฃreduce reliance on foreign technologies and foster innovation withinโ the country. โค The partnership between IBM andโฃ BharatGen represents a significant step towards realizing this vision, leveraging both international expertise and local knowledge.
Frequently โAsked Questions
- What is theโ primary goal of โthe IBM-BharatGen collaboration? Theโ collaboration aims to accelerate the development and deployment of AIโค solutions tailoredโค for โคthe Indian market, focusing on Indic languagesโ andโ cultural โฃnuances.
- What are Indic large language models? These are AI โmodels specifically trained on Indian โขlanguages โคand data, designed to better understand and process the linguistic diversity of India.
- Which sectors will benefit from this partnership? โ Agriculture, finance, education, healthcare, national security, and governanceโค are key sectors expectedโ to โขbenefit from the AI solutions developed through this collaboration.
- How willโ underserved languages be included? The partnership prioritizesโ the inclusion of languages beyondโ the top 12-22 most โspoken in India, ensuring broader digital โคparticipation.
- Whatโฃ role does the Department of Science and Technology (DST) play? Theโฃ DST โขsupports bharatgen asโ a Technology Innovation Hub at IIT Bombay, providing funding and guidance for the initiative.
We encourage you to โขshare this exciting news with your networkโค and join the conversation about the futureโค of AI in India! Feel โคfree to leave your thoughts and questions in theโค comments below – we’d loveโ to hear โfrom โขyou.