Reliance's 'JioBrain' will help businesses create new AI-powered services
What's the story
Reliance Industries's subsidiary Jio Platforms has unveiled an innovative artificial intelligence (AI) platform, named JioBrain. It is aimed at integrating machine learning (ML) capabilities into various telecom operator networks, enterprise setups, and IT environments. Now ready for deployment, JioBrain is a result of two years of extensive research and development by "hundreds of engineers," according to Aayush Bhatnagar, Senior VP at Jio Platforms. This aligns with Mukesh Ambani's vision for Jio Platforms to lead India-specific AI models/solutions across various domains.
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Key features of JioBrain
JioBrain offers an extensive set of 500 REST Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and data APIs. Using this AI platform, companies can develop tailored ML services to meet their specific needs. Apart from customized enterprise and large-scale ML solutions, advanced AI features for images, videos, text, documents, speech, and in-built AI algorithms are available "as a service," said Bhatnagar.
Potential and future outlook
It will lay groundwork for 6G development
JioBrain is expected to play a crucial role in the development of new 5G services, enterprise transformation, network optimization, and even pave the way for 6G development. According to Bhatnagar, "JioBrain will help create new 5G services, transform enterprises, optimize networks, as well as set the stage for 6G development—where ML is a key capability."
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Jio's AI ambitions and collaborations
In August 2023, Ambani highlighted AI as the next growth frontier for Jio. He announced plans to create up to 2,000MW of AI-ready computing capacity across cloud and edge locations. In September 2023, Jio Platforms announced partnership with NVIDIA, to build cloud-based AI compute infrastructure utilizing advanced GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip and DGX Cloud, a cloud-based AI supercomputing service.