G20 Jugalbandi Bot: Use Bhashini’s AI-powered Tech for Conversations in 8 Foreign Languages, And More – News18

The National e-Governance Division has launched ‘Bhashini Jugalbandi’ to facilitate multilingual conversations for the upcoming G20 Leaders Summit on September 9 and 10. With delegates visiting New Delhi from internationally for the occasion, the progressive AI chatbot additionally helps all G20 languages together with German, Spanish, Mandarin and French.

This cutting-edge expertise permits customers to ask questions in any Indian language and obtain real-time responses in textual content or voice format. The chatbot operates seamlessly on fashionable messaging platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram, serving as a bridge for communication throughout various languages. To begin a dialog, customers merely must ship a ‘Hi’ on the messaging platforms, following which they’ll choose their most popular language and proceed to ask questions by way of textual content or voice notes.

“For example, if someone asks about the outcomes of G20 Digital Economy ministerial meetings or places to visit in Delhi, the chatbot will respond either in text or through a voice note. For Indian languages, we have integrated the Bhashini API and, for foreign languages, we have used other APIs available,” stated an official from National e-Governance Division (NeGD).

In messaging platforms, the chatbot provides 10 Indian languages and eight overseas languages with a ninth choice for ‘more foreign languages’. It additionally shares details about itself in the identical chat, saying: “This G20 Jugalbandi bot can also translate between all G20 official languages. To find out more about Jugalbandi, you can type ‘aboutjugalbandi’ in the chat to learn more.”

It additionally states that it’s an open-source AI-powered chatbot able to processing information from totally different sources to supply real-time responses to queries. It was collaboratively developed by OpenNyAI and AI4Bharat as a digital public good geared toward addressing a variety of accessibility challenges throughout a number of sectors.

The G20 Jugalbandi bot can reply basic questions associated to the occasions. It additionally suggests some questions for the person corresponding to: what’s the finance observe; what have been a number of the outcomes of the Urban20 initiative; who can be internet hosting G20 in 2024 after India; and extra.