Author: Subharthi Bayen
Date: May 28, 2023
Time: 1 pm
Microsoft has unveiled a new generative AI-driven chatbot called 'Jugalbandi'
It is designed for farmers and other users living in rural India.
The chatbot is being developed in collaboration with Microsoft Research and the government-backed AI4Bharat
AI4Bharat is an open-source language AI centre based at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras - and OpenNyAI.
The chatbot will reportedly operate over the WhatsApp messaging service
It aims to make information on government schemes accessible in multiple languages.
Jugalbandi offers all Indians easy access to information in local language through a mobile phone
This bot could help bridge the language barrier in India where English is spoken by just 11 percent of the 1.4 billion population.