An Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence (AI) technology company Microsoft-backed G42, unveil a Hindi large language model (LLM) in India. Nanda, the AI model is said to be trained with large volumes of datasets in both Hindi, English, and Hinglish languages.
This generative AI model was develop in collaboration with MBZUAI and Cerebras Systems.
As of now, the company has not announce the use cases for the LLM.
In 2023, the AI firm release the Jais AI model which was trained on Arabic and English languages.
In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), G42 India CEO Manu Kumar Jain unveil Nanda, the Hindi language generative AI model.
Our 1st step in supercharging the #AI Landscape of India!
— Manu Kumar Jain (@manukumarjain) September 10, 2024
I'm super thrilled to share that today #G42 unveiled #NANDA, our advanced Hindi Large Language Model (LLM).
It was introduced at the UAE-India Business Forum in Mumbai. This milestone announcement was made in the… pic.twitter.com/Cuzt7GuYps
It was unveil at the UAE-India Business Forum in Mumbai in the presence of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.
This LLM is name after the second-highest mountain peak in India, Nanda Devi.
Manu Kumar Jain also highlight some of the specifications of the LLM.
As per the post, Nanda is a 13-billion-parameter model which was trained on approximately 2.13 trillion tokens of language datasets including Hindi, English and Hinglish.
Manu Kumar Jain also adds that Nanda is a bi-lingual model and is also proficient in Hinglish, the hybrid language that blends Romanised letters and Devanagari pronunciation.
Right now, the company has not share any release timeline for the AI model.
It is not known whether Nanda will be available in the public domain or it will be reserve for government usage.
Manu Kumar Jain said :
“We genuinely believe that #Nanda can get integrated into the fabric of India. It meets all the sovereign requirements and can help take large-scale technology initiatives to newer heights. It will offer over half a billion Hindi language speakers the opportunity to harness the potential of generative AI.”
In 2023, the AI firm launch Jais, an open-source Arabic LLM with capabilities for Arabic natural language processing (NLP).
Many AI models were release with up to 70 billion parameters.
In April, Microsoft invest $1.5 billion (approx. 12,600 crores) in the company becoming a major backer.
Microsoft also took a seat on G42’s board.
