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‘Bharat Gen’ AI-based multimodal LLM for Indian languages launched

3 June 2025 | Prelims Only | Science and Technology

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Why in the News?

Union Minister of State for Science & Technology has launched ‘Bharat Gen’, India’s first indigenously developed AI-based Large Language Model (LLM) tailored for Indian languages.

About Bharat Gen:

What is it: Bharat Gen is India’s first homegrown AI-based multimodal large language model (LLM) supporting 22 Indian languages.
Developed By: Created under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS) and implemented by the TIH Foundation for IoT and IoE at IIT Bombay.
Key Features:
- Understands text, speech, and image inputs.
- Works across India’s diverse languages and cultures.
- Designed to be ethical, inclusive, and culturally rooted.
Support and Collaboration: Backed by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and developed in collaboration with top academic and AI institutions.
Bharat Data Sagar: A national effort to collect language data for lesser-known Indian languages to train future AI tools.
Real-World Use: In places like Udhampur, an AI doctor powered by Bharat Gen is helping patients in their native language.

What are Large Language Models (LLMs)?

Large Language Models (LLMs) are advanced AI systems trained on massive amounts of text data to understand and generate human-like language. They use deep learning and the Transformer architecture to predict and produce text based on user prompts.

Features:
- Trained on huge datasets (process data through mathematical optimization to minimise prediction errors.)
- Contain billions of parameters
- Can answer questions, summarize, translate, write code, and generate content
Examples:
- GPT-4
- LLaMA
- Claude
Limitations:
- May generate inaccurate information
- Can reflect biases in data
- Lack true human understanding

[UPSC 2020] With the present state of development, Artificial Intelligence can effectively do which of the following?(1) Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units (2) Create meaningful short stories and songs (3) Disease diagnosis (4) Text-to-Speech Conversion (5) Wireless transmission of electrical energy Select the correct answer using the code given below:Options: (a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only* (c) 2, 4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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