Tech Mahindra, a major Indian IT firm, has achieved a groundbreaking feat by developing an advanced language model for just $5 million, in response to a challenge from OpenAI's Sam Altman. Despite skepticism, Tech Mahindra succeeded in creating the model within five months, capable of conversing in over 40 local Indian languages and dialects. This achievement challenges the notion that such technology couldn't be developed affordably in India. The model, named Project Indus, marks a significant...