IIT Bombay, BharatGPT Unveils 'Hanooman', a NewSuite of Indic Generative AI Models
Last Updated : 02/22/2024 01:12:46
Seetha Mahalaxmi Healthcare (SML) in partnership with the IIT Bombay-led BharatGPT ecosystem, has unveiled ‘Hanooman’, a series of Indic large language models trained on 22 Indian languages.
Seetha Mahalaxmi Healthcare (SML) in partnership with the IIT Bombay-led BharatGPT ecosystem, has unveiled ‘Hanooman’, a series of Indic large language models trained on 22 Indian languages. The consortium backed by Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries and India’s top engineering schools aim to launch its first ChatGPT-style service BharatGPT next month.
BharatGPT ecosystem is a research consortium led by IIT Bombay with seven other IITs. It is backed by the Department of Science and Technology, SML and Reliance Jio.
Here are the key things you need to know about the model :
What is Hanooman : Hanooman is a series of Indic large language models trained on 22 Indian languages. It is unveiled by Seetha Mahalaxmi Healthcare (SML) in partnership with the IIT Bombay-led BharatGPT ecosystem.
What is the size of these language models : The family of foundational language models ranges up to 40 billion parameters in terms of size. The first four among the series which are 1.5 billion, 7 billion, 13 billion and 40 billion parameters will be released next month and will be open-sourced.
In how many Indian languages can the models currently respond : The models can currently respond in 11 Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi. There is an aspiration to extend the model’s capabilities to all 22 Indian languages.
What is the BharatGPT ecosystem : BharatGPT ecosystem is a research consortium led by IIT Bombay with seven other IITs. It is backed by the Department of Science and Technology, SML and Reliance Jio.
What are the capabilities of Hanooman : Hanooman has multimodal AI capabilities for generating text-to-text, text-to-speech, text-to-video and vice versa content.
What are the applications of Hanooman : SML is in talks with BFSI enterprises, healthcare organisations and mobile app providers to offer model-as-a-service or create specialised models by fine-tuning the Hanooman series.
What are the challenges for building Indian LLMs : One of the major challenges for building Indian LLMs is the sourcing of quality datasets in Indian languages. The first hurdle is to improve the quality of these datasets in Indian languages, whether it is in the form of text, audio or video.
How does Hanooman compare with other language models : Hanooman joins the Indic AI race with other language models such as Ola’s Krutrim, SaravamAI’s OpenHathi and IIT-Madras’s Airavata model.
