{"id":16640,"date":"2025-03-23T06:57:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T06:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=16640"},"modified":"2025-03-23T06:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T06:57:20","slug":"pakistani-tech-firm-launches-first-home-grown-gpt-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gsrra.com\/?p=16640","title":{"rendered":"Pakistani tech firm launches first \u2018home grown\u2019 GPT platform"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>CEO Data Vault, Mehwish Salman Ali, speaks at the inauguration ceremony of Pakistan\u2019s first \u201chome-grown\u201d generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) platform, \u2018Zahanat AI,\u2019 in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 20, 2025.&nbsp;(AN&nbsp;Photo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/n_670_395\/public\/2025\/03\/21\/4584863-519597344.png?itok=IW2di_ta\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Signange of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is displayed during the MWC (Mobile World Congress), the world&#8217;s biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. (AFP\/ file)Next<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Zahanat AI is a text-based generative AI model that enables users to engage in human-like conversations, answer queries, and assist in various domains<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Its key differentiator is its hosting and local training on Pakistani culture and localized issues, which makes it equipped to address regional challenges<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Pakistani tech firm Data Vault has launched the country\u2019s first \u201chome grown\u201d generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) platform, \u2018Zahanat AI,\u2019 the company announced on Thursday, marking a significant development on Pakistan\u2019s artificial intelligence (AI) landscape.<br>Zahanat AI is a text-based generative AI model that enables users to engage in human-like conversations, answer queries, and assist in various domains, according to Data Vault. The initiative aims to enhance Pakistan\u2019s AI capabilities with locally trained models, which have been designed to fulfill regional needs.<br>\u201cThe problems and solution it will be providing will be according to our [Pakistani] culture and environment. So you can say it\u2019s a local model,\u201d Syed Muhammad Yahya, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Data Vault, told Arab News at the AI model\u2019s launch at an event in Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/sites\/default\/files\/pictures\/March\/2999496\/2025\/img_ai_3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Officials pose for a group photo at the inauguration ceremony of Pakistan\u2019s first \u201chome-grown\u201d generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) platform, \u2018Zahanat AI,\u2019 in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 20, 2025.&nbsp;(AN&nbsp;Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Generative AI refers to systems capable of creating content such as text, graphics, images, audio or video. Large Language Models (LLMs), like ChatGPT, DeepSeek and Meta-AI, are trained on large datasets to understand and generate human-like text.<br>Zahanat AI is a text-based generative AI model that enables users to engage in human-like conversations, answer queries and assist in various domains. The model supports English, Urdu and local languages, with plans to expand its linguistic range.<br>\u201cIt\u2019s basically a general model which deals with health care, mathematics, coding, different problems, history [related queries],\u201d the Data Vault CTO said.<br>The key differentiator is its hosting and local training on Pakistani culture and localized issues, which makes it equipped to address regional challenges.<br>\u201cThis is hosted inside Pakistan,\u201d Yahya said. \u201cThe problems and solution it will be providing will be according to our [Pakistani] culture and environment. So you can say it\u2019s a local model.\u201d<br>Privately funded through friends and family, Zahanat AI is built on Meta\u2019s Large Language Model Architecture (LLaMA), with 1.5 billion parameters and follows an open-source approach similar to DeepSeek.<br>\u201cThe development time, took around six to eight months, and we did a multi-GPU architecture [with] a stack of 12-15 GPUs,\u201d the CTO explained.<br>The GPT platform is currently offering limited access only within Pakistan and Data Vault plans to soon launch its mobile application. The development comes as Pakistan moves to finalize its first AI policy, with plans to foster innovation through public-private partnerships.<br>\u201cOur AI policy [is] very liberal. It actually promotes the local ecosystem [and] local entrepreneurs,\u201d Dr. Aneel Salman, who is overseeing the upcoming National Artificial Intelligence Policy.<br>\u201cIn the short run, maybe after Eid or in one month\u2019s time, we are going to have our first policy of AI.\u201d<br>Dr. Salman underscored that foreign AI models posed \u201ccybersecurity risks.\u201d<br>\u201cIt\u2019s not something new for the world to have these GPTs. We already have ChatGPT, we already have DeepSeek and other AI models which are working in terms of solving the queries,\u201d he said.<br>\u201cWhen I am uploading my information, it is going in their algorithms. So you don\u2019t know how that document will later be deciphered.\u201d<br>At the launch, the organizer demonstrated web application of Zahanat AI by responding to queries relating to health care and mathematics, however, the GPT model\u2019s response to a query about freelancing trainer Hisham Sarwar, who was present at the launching event, initially lacked specific details and later contained inaccuracies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/sites\/default\/files\/pictures\/March\/2999496\/2025\/img_ai_2.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Organizers demonstrate the web application of Zahanat AI Pakistan\u2019s first \u201chome-grown\u201d generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) platform, during its inauguration ceremony in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 20, 2025.&nbsp;(AN&nbsp;Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Salman acknowledged these limitations.<br>\u201cWhen ChatGPT came first, it also had its problems. When DeepSeek came, it also had problems during testing,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not saying that Zahanat [AI] is going to be a perfect product. If there are problems in it, then your Z1, Z2, Z3 models will come.\u201d<br>Despite the breakthrough, experts believe public adoption is crucial for the Pakistani GPT model.<br>\u201cIf we want to prevent them [Zahanat AI] from losing like we\u2019ve seen with some previous initiatives, what we need to do is that we use more of their technology,\u201d said Prof. Dr. Yasar Ayaz, chairman of the National Center of Artificial Intelligence (NCAI).<br>\u201cCompanies like Zahanat AI need to come in contact with innovators, for example, who are working in different R&amp;D setups in Pakistan, to jointly develop groundbreaking stuff which can actually revolutionize the AI game in Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reference Link:- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/2594353\/pakistan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.arabnews.pk\/node\/2594353\/pakistan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CEO Data Vault, Mehwish Salman Ali, speaks at the inauguration ceremony of Pakistan\u2019s first \u201chome-grown\u201d generative pre-trained transformer (GPT) platform, \u2018Zahanat AI,\u2019 in Islamabad, Pakistan, on March 20, 2025.&nbsp;(AN&nbsp;Photo) Signange of AI (Artificial Intelligence) is displayed during the MWC (Mobile World Congress), the world&#8217;s biggest mobile fair, in Barcelona on March 3, 2025. 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