Microsoft-backed G42, an Abu Dhabi-based synthetic intelligence (AI) expertise firm, unveiled a Hindi massive language mannequin (LLM) for India on Tuesday. Dubbed Nanda, the AI mannequin is alleged to be skilled with massive volumes of datasets in each Hindi, English, and Hinglish languages. The generative AI mannequin was developed in collaboration with MBZUAI and Cerebras Systems. Currently, the corporate has not introduced the use instances for the LLM. Last 12 months, the AI agency launched the Jais AI mannequin which was skilled on Arabic and English languages.
G42 Unveils a Hindi Large Language Model
In a post on X (previously often called Twitter), G42 India CEO Manu Kumar Jain unveiled Nanda, the Hindi language generative AI mannequin. It was unveiled on the UAE-India Business Forum in Mumbai within the presence of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal. The LLM is known as after the second-highest mountain peak in India, Nanda Devi.
Jain additionally highlighted a number of the specs of the LLM. According to the publish, Nanda is a 13-billion-parameter mannequin which was skilled on roughly 2.13 trillion tokens of language datasets together with Hindi, English and Hinglish. The CEO additionally added that Nanda is a bi-lingual mannequin and can be proficient in Hinglish, the hybrid language that blends Romanised letters and Devanagari pronunciation.
Currently, the corporate has not shared any launch timeline for the AI mannequin. It will not be recognized whether or not Nanda shall be obtainable within the public area or will probably be reserved for presidency utilization. Jain mentioned, “We genuinely consider that #Nanda can get built-in into the material of India. It meets all of the sovereign necessities and can assist take large-scale expertise initiatives to newer heights. It will provide over half a billion Hindi language audio system the chance to harness the potential of generative AI.”
Last 12 months, the AI agency launched Jais, an open-source Arabic LLM with capabilities for Arabic pure language processing (NLP). Multiple AI fashions have been launched with as much as 70 billion parameters. In April, Microsoft invested $1.5 billion (roughly 12,600 crores) within the firm turning into a serious backer. The Windows maker additionally took a seat on G42’s board.
