- Published on March 1, 2024
- In AI Features
Bhavish Aggarwal’s AI Chatbot is High on Hallucinations But There is a Silver Lining
The only saving grace for Krutrim so far is that it is still in beta version.
- By Pritam Bordoloi
Indeed, India needs AI that understands the nuances and intricacies of the diverse languages the country speaks; however, Bhavish Aggarwal’s Krutrim may not be the answer – at least for now.
Last year, Aggarwal announced Krutrim as India’s own AI model that can understand 22 Indic languages and generate output in 10 of them. He even claimed that his model outperforms GPT-4 and LLama-2, probably the most advanced and popular LLMs out there, when it comes to Indic languages.
Yet, when the model was actually released last week, it turned out to be a disappointment. The chatbot not only miserably failed to pick the nuances of Indic languages, but in many cases could not even understand the context in languages like Hindi and Marathi.
Aggarwal asserted that Krutrim was trained
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Pritam Bordoloi
I have a keen interest in creative writing and artificial intelligence. As a journalist, I deep dive into the world of technology and analyse how it’s restructuring business models and reshaping society.
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