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A dozen Latin American countries are collaborating to launch Latam-GPT <\/a>in September, the first large artificial intelligence language model trained to understand the region’s diverse cultures and linguistic nuances, Chilean officials said on Tuesday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This open-source project, steered by Chile’s state-run National Center for Artificial Intelligence<\/a> (CENIA) alongside over 30 regional institutions, seeks to significantly increase the uptake and accessibility of AI across Latin America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Chilean Science Minister Aisen Etcheverry said the project “could be a democratizing element for AI,” envisioning its application in schools and hospitals with a model that reflects the local culture and language.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Developed starting in January 2023, Latam-GPT seeks to overcome inaccuracies and performance limitations of global AI models predominantly trained on English.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Officials said that it was meant to be the core technology for developing applications like chatbots, not a direct competitor to consumer products like ChatGPT.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A key goal is preserving Indigenous languages, with an initial translator already developed for Rapa Nui, Easter Island’s native language.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The project plans to extend this to other Indigenous languages for applications like virtual public service assistants and personalized education systems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The model is based on Llama 3 AI technology and is trained using a regional network of computers, including facilities at Chile’s University of Tarapaca and cloud-based systems.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Regional development bank CAF and Amazon Web Services have supported it.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

While currently lacking a dedicated budget, CENIA head Alvaro Soto hopes that demonstrating the system’s capabilities will attract more funding.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Content Courtesy – Reuters<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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