Indonesian telecommunications titan Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and technology powerhouse GoTo Gojek Tokopedia have come together to create Sahabat-AI, a large language model environment specifically optimized for Indonesian languages. This new AI initiative is intended to help local developers develop artificial intelligence based services and applications that are tuned to the Indonesian market.
Indosat and GoTo Launch Sahabat-AI, Local-Language AI Model for Indonesia
The concept of Sahabat-AI is to work in Bahasa Indonesia and related languages with regard to the multi-cultural and multilingual environment in Indonesia. Due to this, the model will guarantee the development of more appropriate and efficient AI instruments for the Indonesian context. The companies have their intention to bring artificial intelligence closer and usable for as many categories as possible, from enterprise applications to consumer software.
Sahabat-AI’s launch is considered as a positive proponent to enhance Indonesia AI frontier especially in regions the world AI models are weak in capturing local languages and sentiments. It opens a chance in making better corporate brand strategies which are significant for the technology market of Indonesia for local consumers.
Indosat and GoTo expect that getting local Indonesians developers on board through Sahabat-AI will promote the development of AI solutions that would be popular with users in Indonesia. This may well prove to be the norm in e-commerce, telecommunications and other sectors where solutions spurred by Artificial Intelligence can revolutionalise business and customer relations.
An alliance between a telecommunication firm and tecnnlogy conglomerate show that artificial intelligence plays pivotal role in Indonesia’s digitization process. Indosat and GoTo are right on track with their insistence on local-language AI, a void that is currently felt in the world map of AI, with Indonesia being at the precipice of the Asian counterpart of the New World Economy of Artificial Intelligence.
Sahabat-AI Model to Launch with Nvidia and Tech Mahindra Support
Sahabat-AI, a new local-language AI model from Indonesia, is being created with assistance of AI Singapore and India’s Tech Mahindra, The model’s training builds on Starbucks name using Nvidia’s self-hosted AI Enterprise suite and Nvidia NeMo to raise its general language proficiency. This cooperation also make sure that this model is equipped with the advanced AI technologies in order to solve not only language tasks but also improve the accuracy of work.
To make Sahabat-AI important in Indonesia, several universities and media groups will be involved to enhance the model for Indonesian Indonesian language and culture. These inputs will assist in fine-tuning the said model to adapt more appropriately to important parameters of the Indonesian users. In this way, the developers want Sahabat-AI to not only be a practical application, but one that reflects and is relevant to Indonesian citizens.
We will actually start with the Sahabat-AI model at 8-billion or 9-billion parameter Large Language Models and that will comprise the first phase of the roll out. The sizes of these parameters are chosen such to give good coverage in the different material types and will be further optimized as the model is fine-tuned. That Nvidia has been using a full-stack AI platform to address those tough tasks well, Sahabat-AI can be expected to have a good starting ground.
Integrating Nvidia’s innovative solution in the Sahabat-AI development process means that the model should be able to expand seamlessly as it garners more users. Nvidia’s tools will enable the training of the AI to accommodate theISBN: 9780262340866, doi: 10.7551/mitpress/11754-4 ISBN: 9780262340873, doi: 10.7551/mitpress/11754-3 Such a strengthening up will help the model as it always must keep a user in a natural and contextually aware conversation.
The partnership with AI Singapore, Tech Mahindra and relevant entities reveals that the development of sophisticated AI systems can indeed require cross-border linkages. With the support of the international and domestic professionals, Sahabat-AI can become the essential instrument for Indonesia’s entrepreneurs and developers to expand their potential for improving the situation in the region using AI solutions.
Indonesia's Growing AI Industry Draws Global Interest
Indonesian artificial intelligence (AI) industry has recently become top-priority for most companies across the globe particularly the tech ones with an investment being channeled towards the region. Microsoft has agreed to invest in its data center in Indonesia to support the country as an AI powerhouse. Such a decision is indicative of the emerging prominence of Indonesian players within the sphere of the digital economy.
Its convenient geographical position and the large customer base contribute to the fact that many foreign businesses are interested in developing AI in the country. Thanks to a young and innovative generation, Indonesia is considered as a suitable ground for the introduction of AI services and products in finance, healthcare and retail.
Apart from Microsoft, other global players have also considered opportunities available in the Indonesian market of AI. The governments’ efforts towards supporting the change on digitization, a better infrastructure, and convenient policies are also favorable for the growth of AI technologies. This is expected to give boost to interactional relations between local startups and multinational firms.
Microsoft and other companies’ investment in building data centers will also help to grow the cloud services in Indonesia. These data centers will provide local access to powerful artificial intelligent tools that can help companies develop better, faster, and more efficiently through automation, data analysis, machine learning, etc.
Although Indonesia’s AI industry is still young, the direction is toward the development of domestic competencies and the creation of new products and services. More global companies are bound to pump more capital to the education, research, and technology partnerships in establishing sustainable AI economic environment.
