Context:
India will set up a “high powered committee” to explore the development of large language models or LLMs, tools that harness artificial intelligence to create applications that can understand and process human language.
About LLMs:
- It is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses large data sets to understand, summarize, generate and predict new content.
- These models are built using deep learning techniques, particularly using neural networks.
- They can generate coherent and contextually relevant text given a prompt or input.
- Examples of LLMs – OpenAI’s GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), Google’s BERT, Google’s LaMDA, Facebook’s RoBERTa, Hugging Face etc.
About Deep Tech:
- It refers to a class of start-up businesses that develop new offerings based on tangible engineering innovation or scientific discoveries and advances.
- Deep tech fields like Artificial Intelligence, advanced materials, blockchain, biotechnology, robotics, drones, photonics, and quantum computing.
- Characteristics –
- They are very radical and disrupt an existing market or develop a new one.
- The time required for deep technology to develop the technology and reach the market-ready maturity is way more than shallow technology development (like mobile apps and websites).
- Deep tech often requires a lot of early-stage funding for research and development, prototyping, validating hypothesis, and technology development.
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
With the present state of development, Artificial Intelligence can effectively do which of the following?
1. Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units
2. Create meaningful short stories and songs
3. Disease diagnosis
4. Text-to-Speech Conversion
5. Wireless transmission of electrical energy
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2020 Prelims]
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only
(b) 1, 3 and 4 only
(c) 2, 4 and 5 only
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
Answer: (d)
