Centre to use AI to digitise and preserve over one crore ancient manuscripts

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Culture is set to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies to decipher, digitise and preserve more than one crore ancient manuscripts under its flagship Gyan Bharatam initiative.

The ministry plans to develop a National Digital Repository (NDR) of ancient manuscripts, allowing users to access the preserved documents through text and voice-based queries. The AI-powered platform will feature a ‘Talk-to-Manuscript’ facility, enabling researchers and users to ask questions about individual manuscripts and specific knowledge domains.