Chile Launches Latam-GPT For Latin America

Chile on Tuesday launched Latam-GPT, the first open-source language model trained on Latin American cultures, aiming to better reflect regional realities and boost the region's AI presence. The two-year effort led by Chile’s CENIA involved over 30 institutions across eight countries, used more than eight terabytes of private and synthetic data, and began in early 2023 with $550,000 initial funding. The project will initially support Spanish and Portuguese, with Indigenous languages planned later.