G42 in talks with Indian companies to adopt and further develop Hindi LLM use-cases: CEO Manu Jain

G42 in talks with Indian companies to adopt and further develop Hindi LLM use-cases: CEO Manu Jain

G42, a United Arab Emirates-based technology holding group, has started discussions with startups and tech companies in India to build generative AI solutions based on its Hindi large language model (LLM) NANDA, Manu Jain, CEO of its India arm, said in an exclusive interaction with Mint. With this foundational model, Hindi language speakers can harness the … Read more

India’s generative AI startups look beyond building ChatGPT-like models

India’s generative AI startups look beyond building ChatGPT-like models

New Delhi: Sarvam and Adya.ai are two of India’s newest startups targeting the red-hot generative artificial intelligence market, but they are also among a new breed of ventures looking beyond large language models like ChatGPT. The reason: industry-specific applications are easier to monetise and help avoid competition with AI giants. For Sarvam, seeking to be … Read more

‘India is uniquely positioned to drive the next generation of AI innovation’: Google DeepMind’s Ajjarapu

'India is uniquely positioned to drive the next generation of AI innovation': Google DeepMind's Ajjarapu

In an interview on the sidelines of the Google I/O Connect held in Bengaluru on Wednesday, Ajjarapu reasoned that with its largest mobile-first population, micro-payment and digital payment models, a booming startup and developer ecosystem, and diverse language landscape, “India is uniquely positioned to drive the next generation of AI innovation.” In India, Google works … Read more

AI could accelerate scientific fraud as well as progress

AI could accelerate scientific fraud as well as progress

The aim of the session, organised by the Royal Society in partnership with Humane Intelligence, an American non-profit, was to break those guardrails. Some results were merely daft: one participant got the chatbot to claim ducks could be used as indicators of air quality (apparently, they readily absorb lead). Another prompted it to claim health … Read more

AI models make stuff up. How can hallucinations be controlled?

AI models make stuff up. How can hallucinations be controlled?

There are kinder ways to put it. In its instructions to users, OpenAI warns that ChatGPT “can make mistakes”. Anthropic, an American AI company, says that its LLM Claude “may display incorrect or harmful information”; Google’s Gemini warns users to “double-check its responses”. The throughline is this: no matter how fluent and confident AI-generated text … Read more