Tech Mahindra launches AI model in 38 Indian languages and dialects, partners with Dell, Intel

Tech Mahindra has launched Project Indus, its indigenous foundational AI model designed to converse in a multitude of Indic languages and dialects. The company says it intends to expand it globally, and that the first phase of the large language model (LLM) is designed for the Hindi language and its 37+ dialects.
Tech Mahindra CEO and MD said that the Makers Lab team built the model from scratch “with the objective to preserve India’s rich language diversity and dialects for better, more inclusive communication – bridging the digital divide.”