BharatGen

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Recently, the Union Minister launched Bharat Gen Multimodal LLM at BharatGen Summit. 

About BharatGen

• It is India’s first-of-its-kind, indigenously developed, Artificial Intelligence (AI) based, government-funded, Multimodal Large Language Model (LLM) for Indian languages,
• It is developed under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and implemented through TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay.
• BharatGen aims to revolutionize AI development across India’s linguistic and cultural spectrum.
• The initiative is supported by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and brings together a robust consortium of leading academic institutions, experts, and innovators.
• The platform integrates text, speech, and image modalities, offering seamless AI solutions in 22 Indian languages.
• This initiative will empower critical sectors such as healthcare, education, agriculture, and governance, delivering region-specific AI solutions that understand and serve every Indian,
• The BharatGen initiative is being executed through a network of 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs), four of which have been upgraded to Technology Translational Research Parks (TTRPs).
• The Mission’s four pillars include technology development, entrepreneurship, human resource development, and international collaboration.

Key Features of BharatGen

• Multilingual and multimodal models
• Bhartiya dataset-based training
• Open-source platform
• Generative AI research ecosystem in India

BharatGen FAQs

Q1: What is BharatGen?

Ans: BharatGen is an initiative by BharatGen Consortium

Q2: What is a Large Language Model (LLMs)?

Ans: A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) program that can recognize and generate text, among other tasks. These are built on machine learning: specifically, a type of neural network called a transformer model.

Source: PIB