BharatGen

About BharatGen: 

• It isan initiative which will create generative AI systems that can generate high-quality text and multimodal content in various Indian languages.
• It is the first Government supported Multimodal Large Language Model Initiative
• It is implemented by IIT Bombay under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).
• Features of BharatGen
  • The multilingual and multimodal nature of foundation models;
  • Bhartiya data set based building, and training;
  • Open-source platform development of an ecosystem of generative AI research in the country.
• The project is expected to be completed in two years along with plans to benefit several government, private, educational, and research institutions.

What is a Multimodal Large Language Model?

• It is designed to process and generate multiple modalities, including text, images, and sometimes audio and video.
• These models are trained on large datasets containing text and image data, allowing them to learn the relationships between different modalities.
• They can be used in many ways, including image captioning, visual question answering, and content recommendation systems that use text and image data to provide personalized recommendations.

Q1: What is a Large Language Model (LLMs)?

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: India launches BharatGen project for generative AI in local languages