Sigiriya AI: Revolutionizing Sinhala and Tamil Communication with Sri Lanka’s First Homegrown GPT

LankaGPT Technologies is set to launch Sri Lanka’s first-ever Sinhala and Tamil AI Generative Pre-trained Transformer (GPT) by July 2024.

Named Sigiriya AI, this text-based AI platform is designed to generate human-like responses to prompts in Sinhala and Tamil.

“Our main objective was to create a Sri Lankan-centric AI platform accessible to Sri Lankans worldwide. We aim to promote our culture and preserve our Sinhala and Tamil languages, which are declining in usage,” said LankaGPT Technologies Co-Founder and Director Lakshitha Karunaratne.

The AI tool has been developed using a total collection of 10 billion proprietary data sets for Sinhala and Tamil languages, respectively.

Karunaratne emphasized that the AI tool is a foundational GPT platform for Sri Lanka, distinct from OpenAI’s chatbot, ChatGPT.

Developed in partnership with Caladium Capitals USA, the AI tool is designed to deliver responses with 95 percent accuracy for prompts based on factual and empirical data.

The platform’s programmers are located across Sri Lanka, India, the UK, USA, and Dubai. The primary market aim is to penetrate regions such as the Middle East, Canada, and Australia, which have a significant population of Sri Lankans.

Additionally, LankaGPT is committed to providing the tool free of charge to several sectors in the country.

“We recognize the role AI can play in enhancing the economic and social landscape. For this reason, we are deeply committed to providing this tool free of charge to the education, agriculture, and healthcare sectors, with the hope of driving innovation, empowering communities, and fostering sustainable development,” Karunaratne announced.

The subscription price for the platform for local users will be disclosed after the complete product launch by the second week of July.

Initially introduced as a text-based platform, the tool will be upgraded to work with voice, image, and audio inputs in the future, Karunaratne said.