Context: Recently, “Krutrim AI”, an indigenous AI model, was  launched in Bengaluru.

Krutrim, ‘India’s own AI’ developed by Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal

• Launched by: Krutrim Si Designs, the artificial intelligence (AI) venture is led by Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal.
• It will be available in beta version from January 2024 as an application programming interface (API) for enterprises and developers.

What is KRUTRIM AI?

• Krutrim is a sanskrit word meaning ‘artificial’.
• Krutrim is India’s first complete AI computing stack.
• Krutrim will have two classifications:
  • Krutrim AI base model: It will be available as an application programming interface (API) for enterprises and developers)
  • Krutrim AI Pro: It will have advanced capabilities for problem-solving and task execution)
• Base Algorithm: Large Language Model
• Krutrim’s conversational AI assistant  (contemporary of Chatgpt), will  understand and speak multiple Indian languages fluently.
  • For Example: Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Odia, and Telugu are among the languages that can generate content.

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What makes Krutrim AI different?

• Linguistic inclusivity in AI: It can understand 20 Indian languages and generate content in 10 Indian languages (including Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, and Odia.)
• Indian Data Dominance: It has  processed over 2 trillion tokens (subwords used in conversations) and has trained on 20 times more Indic tokens 
• Voice-Activated: It can also respond to voice inputs and can seamlessly switch between written and spoken communication which will enhance user interaction and accessibility.
• Demonstrating real-time coding: It will make it a potential game-changer for developers and businesses.

News source: Business Standard