Government To Fund 100 Startups To Use Its Translation Platform

The government is planning to directly fund 100 startups to use its artificial intelligence (AI)-driven language platform which will offer translation services in many languages of the country.

The platform will be opened up for private use to allow big companies or startups to plug into it to offer services in local languages to their customers, said people aware of the matter. As more users access the platform, the system improves and provides better results.

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The ministry of electronics and IT (MeitY) has started work on the programme, called the natural languages translation mission, and is looking at providing Parliament and Election Commission records that are available in many Indian languages as an initial database for the service.

A senior official told ET that since the platform will be driven by AI and machine learning (ML), the more people use it, the more accurate it will become. “We expect the industry to take it further and the government will fund 100 startups directly with seed money to build on this technology and use it,” said an official, who did not wish to be identified.

Source: Economic Times

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