India might soon have its own generative AI technology as it mulls over competing with global market leaders. Akash Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm revealed that the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT-B) and Reliance Jio are working on developing an Artificial Intelligence beast called “BharatGPT”. He also shared Reliance Jio has a plan to introduce an operating system (OS) for televisions. Ambani made the sensational announcements while speaking at the firm’s Techfest on Wednesday.
“We have been working on a project with IIT Bombay to launch the Bharat GPT program. We are working very hard to launch AI not only as a vertical inside our organization but also horizontally across all our sectors,” Ambani said. While addressing this, he emphasized the power AI holds over modern-day life. “AI is going to “consume everything. To me, AI stands for artificial intelligence, and also stands for all included,” he said.
Reliance Jio is delighted to offer 5G private networks including a 5G stack to any business, he added. Jio is also aiming to become the largest 5G network in the world.
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Reliance Jio will launch BharatGPT and OS for TV for all
The 32-year-old Ambani descendant said that the company will launch its AI products and services horizontally in media space, commerce, communication, and devices.
On the topic of launching an operating system for televisions, he said, “We have been working on our own OS (operating system) for a while now for the TVs and we are comprehensively thinking about how to launch it.”
Jio has had a major year in 2023. The company made further strides in 5G and continues to dominate the Indian telecommunication scene while also announcing its satellite broadband service.
Highlighting Jio’s current position and potential, he called the company the “largest startup in the world” and India the “biggest innovation center” for the next decade. Ambani projected India’s economy to be worth $6 trillion at the end of 2030.
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Large Language Models chatbots dominant
While speaking of AI services, we are currently talking of Large Language Models (LLMs). These refer to algorithms that can recognize and generate text pictures and other content instantly. OpenAI uses GPT-3.5 and GPT-4 currently which are basically LLMs designed and trained with an incredibly vast amount of data to offer services via its chatbot called ChatGPT. Google has launched its equivalent in Gemini AI which is available through Bard. Elon Musk has also ventured in it xAI (LLM) to provide AI service with the Grok AI chatbot.
Jio’s BharatGPT aims at giving consumers a local alternative while also competing globally. India, in recent years, has made remarkable strides in bringing global tech firms’ investment and is working on becoming a major tech hub. Tapping into the generative AI marks a new stepping stone for a silently growing state.