The world’s first Government-funded Multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) Initiative known as BharatGen was recently launched.

About BharatGen

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• Scope: BharatGen is an initiative that will create generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems that can generate high-quality text and multimodal content in various Indian languages.
• Initiative by: Spearheaded by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST)
• Features: The four key distinguishing features of BharatGen are:
  • The multilingual and multimodal nature of foundation models; 
  • Bhartiya data set based building, and training; 
  • Open-source platform and 
  • Development of an ecosystem of generative AI research in the country. 
• Significance of BharatGen:
  • Cultural and Linguistic Preservation: Supports India’s diverse languages and cultures in AI development.
  • Accessible AI: Makes AI available to all citizens, promoting social equity.
  • India-Centric Data: Focuses on India-specific data, ensuring accurate representation and digital sovereignty.
  • Strengthens AI Ecosystem: Reduces reliance on foreign tech, boosting domestic AI innovation.
  • Open-Source Collaboration: It  will help democratise AI across India
  • Data-Efficient Models: Creates AI models effective with minimal data, benefiting underserved languages.
  • Long-Term AI Adoption: Aims for wide AI use across industries by 2026.

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