India’s AI Push: Microsoft launches 'Jugalbandi', AI-based multilingual chatbot for rural India

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The Jugalbandi chatbot uses a completely indigenous AI model developed by IIT Madras' AI4Bharat..

The chatbot was launched with the aim to help farmers and people in rural India to access information about farming and government schemes on their phones...

On Tuesday, Microsoft unveiled Jugalbandi, a multilingual chatbot powered by generative AI, which can be accessed through the popular messaging platform WhatsApp..

Developed in collaboration with AI4Bharat and IIT Madras, Jugalbandi aims to provide personalized assistance by understanding user queries in multiple languages, whether spoken or typed..

Jugalbandi combines AI models from AI4Bharat and Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, enabling seamless conversations between users and the chatbot..

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