Reliance-backed AI model ‘Hanooman’ set to debut in March 

Hanooman: Next month, the BharatGPT consortium, supported by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries Ltd, is preparing to unveil its inaugural ChatGPT-style service. The consortium, comprising Reliance and eight associated universities, provided a preview of the model, demonstrating scenarios where a motorcycle mechanic from India interacted with an AI bot in Tamil, a banker conversed with the tool in Hindi, and a developer utilized it to code.

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What is the AI model called and what is its focus?

The model has been dubbed Hanooman and represents India’s race to develop potentially transformative AI technology. The model will work via 11 local languages in four fields: health care, governance, financial services and education.

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How is Hanooman being developed?

The model is being developed in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology universities and is backed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. Other startups such as Sarvam and Krutrim backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Vinod Khosla’s fund, are also building open-sourced AI models for India.

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What will Hanooman offer to users?

Hanooman will offer speech-to-text capabilities to the users. The goal is to make it more user-friendly and Reliance Jio will build customized models for specific uses as well. Reliance is already working on Jio Brain- a platform to use AI across a network of about 450 million subscribers.

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