GoTo And Indosat Officially Launch Friends-AI, Local LLM With Five Regional Languages

Launch of Friends-AI (photo: Indosat)

JAKARTA - PT GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo) together with Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (Indosat or IOH) officially launched Sahabat-AI, an open-source Indonesia Large Language Model (LLM) model with a capacity of 70 billion parameters.

Introduced for the first time at the Indonesia Al Day Indosat forum in November 2024, Friends-AI is equipped with a multi-language chat service with higher accuracy, and can be accessed through the Friends-ai.com website and the GoPay application on the "People's Favorite Service" menu.

With a new 70 billion parameter model and chat service, Friends-AI further strengthen the AI ecosystem that fits Indonesia's characteristics. Higher multi-language and accuracy capabilities make this service meet the needs of people and businesses throughout Indonesia," said GoTo Group President Director Patrick Walujo.

Indosat pioneered the Sahabat-Al ecosystem as a form of its commitment to strengthening and empowering Indonesia in the digital era. Starting with the implementation of the Merdeka GPU from Indosat's Lintaarta - Al Factory, to the large-scale development of Friends-Al.

This infrastructure is operated locally, ensuring data remains in Indonesia, maintaining optimal performance, and complying with applicable regulations, which are important factors in supporting the adoption of this technology by the public sector and innovative companies.

Sahabat-Al is not just a model, this is a national asset supported by collaboration and supported by collaboration and built for all Indonesian people," continuedtensari Sinha, President Director and Chief Executive Officer of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison.

The latest model Sahabat-Al can now be used in five regional languages, namely Indonesian, Javanese, Sundanese, Bali, and Batak, and a number of other international languages.

The development of Friends-AI is proof of the spirit of mutual cooperation in Indonesia, which unites research institutions, universities, media organizations, government institutions, and other partners in national efforts.