BharatGen

Oct. 2, 2024

Recently, the BharatGen initiative was launched by the Union Ministry of Science & Technology.

About BharatGen:

  • It is an 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 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.