{"id":131956,"date":"2026-11-04T13:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T07:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=131956"},"modified":"2026-11-04T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T08:57:37","slug":"new-ai-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/new-ai-models\/","title":{"rendered":"New AI Models: India Launches Eka-1, Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B Under IndiaAI Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>New AI Models Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the central government has launched the indigenous AI foundational models Eka-1, Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B developed by domestic companies with support under the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/indiaai-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\">IndiaAI Mission<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Eka-1<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>new AI model<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed by <\/span><b>Soket Labs Technology and Research<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Features of Eka-1<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a powerful Foundation Model featuring <\/span><b>26.3 billion parameters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and trained on approximately 7.5 trillion tokens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It demonstrates advanced capabilities, spanning all <\/span><b>22 scheduled Indian languages<\/b> <b>alongside English.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is built as an open, sparse hybrid language model and is <\/span><b>designed for math, code, reasoning, and agentic use.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>About Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These two are <\/span><b>open-source models<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> developed by <\/span><b>ZenteiQ AiTech Innovations.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Features<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These models can be deployed <\/span><b>as secure, on-premise, multilingual assistants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> supporting <\/span><b>English and 10 Indian languages.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The models <\/span><b>can run on different computing platforms<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including <\/span><b>GPUs and TPUs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their lightweight architecture also allows <\/span><b>on-device deployment on mobile phones<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> without depending on cloud connectivity,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It enables <\/span><b>offline-capable, document-grounded automation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, knowledge retrieval, and citizen or enterprise services across defence, government, industrial, and educational sectors particularly in low-connectivity or sensitive environments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/technology\/indiaai-mission-releases-indigenous-foundation-models-eka-1-dhir-2b-and-dhir-5b\/article71663984.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has launched indigenous AI models Eka-1, Dhir 2B and Dhir 5B under the IndiaAI Mission. 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