AI companies race to adapt chatbots to India’s many languages
Hindustan TimesGlobal tech companies as well as local start-ups are looking to tap deeper into the Indian market with artificial intelligence platforms adapted for India’s vast range of languages, Financial Times wrote. Examples of companies and their products Microsoft, Google, and start-ups including Silicon Valley-backed Sarvam AI, founded just last year, and Krutrim, founded by Bhavish Aggarwal of Indian mobility group Ola, are all working on AI voice assistants and chatbots in languages such as Hindi and Tamil, the article read. Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant is available in 12 Indian languages, and the company is working on other projects tailored for India, including building “tiny” language models at its Bengaluru-based research centre. The background Investing in local AI companies is becoming more important as governments seek to develop “sovereign AI” that is trained and stored within their borders, Hemant Mohapatra, partner at Lightspeed India told Financial Times.