Nvidia and Reliance Industries Limited Join Forces to Advance AI, G20 Summit Hosts AI ‘Jugalbandi’ Bot and More: 5 AI Developments You May Have Missed
Nvidia has joined forces with Reliance Industries to bring AI applications to India, while the Tata Group is set to reveal its collaboration with the US chip maker. Additionally, Ant Group, owned by Alibaba, has introduced its financial large language model and two other AI-powered solutions. At the G20 event, delegates will have the opportunity to witness India’s AI capabilities through the display of the ‘Jugalbandi’ conversational AI bot.
All this and more in today’s AI review.
1. Nvidia partners with Reliance
US chipmaker Nvidia on Friday announced a partnership with Reliance Industries’ telecom arm Jio Platforms to create AI-powered apps for India. In a press release, Nvidia announced that its partnership with the Indian telecom company will lead to the development of a foundational broad language model trained for the various languages of India. The artificial intelligence model will be customized for generative artificial intelligence applications that are significant for the country.
2. Ant Group Announces Financial Broad Language Model
Alibaba subsidiary Ant Group unveiled its new financial major language model (LLM) at the INCLUSION 2023 conference on Friday. According to the press release, the company also announced two other AI programs – Zhixiaobao 2.0, an AI financial assistant for consumers, and Zhixiaobao 1.0, an AI business assistant for industry professionals. Wang Xiaohang, Ant Group’s vice president and CFO LLM said: “Based on our extensive experience in financial services companies, Ant Group has developed an architecture that integrates LLM technologies with domain information and industry services, which has already been tested in Ant Groups’ smart financial service scenarios.”
3. The government will launch a disease monitoring center powered by artificial intelligence
Amid an alarming rise in dengue cases in Bengaluru, Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao announced the launch of an AI-powered disease control dashboard on Friday. According to a PTI report, the dashboard can predict an increase in infections up to four weeks in advance using artificial intelligence. It has been developed by the Bengaluru Municipal Health Department Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in collaboration with AI and Robotics Technology Park (ARTPARK) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
4. After Reliance, Tata Group announces Nvidia partnership
After Reliance Industries announced its partnership with US chipmaker Nvidia to develop AI infrastructure in India, Tata Group is all set to announce its partnership as well. According to a Reuters report, people familiar with the matter said Nvidia and Tata also entered into a partnership to develop artificial intelligence solutions. An announcement about the same is expected to come later the same day.
5. The Jugalbandi discussion AI bot was created at the G20 summit
To showcase the country’s digital reach, Jugalbandi, a conversational AI platform capable of conversing in over 50 Indian languages, has been set up at the Digital India Pavilion at the G20 Summit at Pragati Maidan. According to an ANI report, Jugalbandi is a free and open platform developed under the ‘Bhashini’ mission that combines ChatGPT and Indian language translation models.
