Telecom big Reliance Jio is reportedly engaged on generative AI and plans to launch a ‘Bharat GPT’ programme alongside the strains of enormous language model-based AI chatbots like ChatGPT. The corporate has reportedly partnered up with Indian Institute of Expertise-Bombay to develop an India-first AI programme. Jio, which now provides services throughout the digital sector, together with steaming apps and Web companies, can also be mentioned to be engaged on an working system for televisions.
In keeping with a report by the Press Belief of India, Reliance Jio Infocomm chairman Akash Ambani mentioned Wednesday that the corporate would carry a ‘Bharat GPT’ programme to market in collaboration with IIT-B. Ambani, nonetheless, didn’t specify a launch timeline for its AI endeavour.
Talking at IIT Bombay’s annual techfest, Ambani mentioned that the approaching years can be outlined by generative AI purposes. The Jio chairman mentioned that AI can be built-in throughout the corporate’s varied merchandise and choices. ”We’re working very laborious to launch AI not solely as a vertical inside our organisation, but additionally horizontally throughout all our sectors,” the report quoted him as saying.
Moreover, Jio additionally plans to introduce an working system for televisions and has been engaged on the identical for some time. A TV OS can be according to Jio’s set-top field and tv apps companies. ”We have now been engaged on our personal OS for some time now for the TVs and we’re comprehensively occupied with launch it,” Ambani was quoted as saying within the report.
Again in September, Reliance and chip big Nvidia introduced a partnership to construct language fashions, generative AI apps and cloud infrastructure platform for AI improvement within the South Asian area. ”Reliance will create AI purposes and companies for his or her 450 million Jio (telecom) clients and supply energy-efficient AI infrastructure to scientists, builders and startups throughout India,” Nvidia had reportedly mentioned on the time.
Earlier this yr, Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani had mentioned that the corporate meant to develop India-specific AI fashions and AI-powered options throughout domains. Calling synthetic intelligence probably the most thrilling frontier of development for Jio, Ambani had promised ”AI to everybody, in every single place.”
Up to now yr, AI chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot have exploded in recognition, resulting in a glut of AI-driven purposes and and funding rush within the sector. A number of Indian startups and corporations have since labored to develop their very own India-focussed AI apps and companies.