Microsoft-backed G42, an Abu Dhabi-based synthetic intelligence (AI) know-how firm, unveiled a Hindi giant language mannequin (LLM) for India on Tuesday. Dubbed Nanda, the AI mannequin is claimed to be educated with giant volumes of datasets in each Hindi, English, and Hinglish languages. The generative AI mannequin was developed in collaboration with MBZUAI and Cerebras Techniques. At the moment, the corporate has not introduced the use circumstances for the LLM. Final 12 months, the AI agency launched the Jais AI mannequin which was educated on Arabic and English languages.
G42 Unveils a Hindi Giant Language Mannequin
In a publish on X (previously often known as Twitter), G42 India CEO Manu Kumar Jain unveiled Nanda, the Hindi language generative AI mannequin. It was unveiled on the UAE-India Enterprise Discussion board 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 Business Piyush Goyal. The LLM is known as after the second-highest mountain peak in India, Nanda Devi.
Jain additionally highlighted a few of the specs of the LLM. Based on the publish, Nanda is a 13-billion-parameter mannequin which was educated 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.
At the moment, the corporate has not shared any launch timeline for the AI mannequin. It’s not recognized whether or not Nanda will likely be accessible within the public area or will probably be reserved for presidency utilization. Jain stated, “We genuinely consider that #Nanda can get built-in into the material of India. It meets all of the sovereign necessities and will help take large-scale know-how initiatives to newer heights. It can supply over half a billion Hindi language audio system the chance to harness the potential of generative AI.”
Final 12 months, the AI agency launched Jais, an open-source Arabic LLM with capabilities for Arabic pure language processing (NLP). A number of AI fashions had 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 Home windows maker additionally took a seat on G42’s board.