04-05-2025
S'pore's AI large language model Sea-Lion to offer more features as more firms use it in S-E Asia
The Sea-Lion team consists of (from left) Miss Hamsawardhini Rengarajan, Dr Ngui Jian Gang, Dr Leslie Teo, Miss Leong Wai Yi, Mr Tai Ngee Chia (seated) and Mr David Ong. ST PHOTO: HESTER TAN
SINGAPORE – Singapore's home-grown large language model (LLM), Sea-Lion, is steadily gaining traction, with some 235,000 downloads so far, bolstered by adoption by large companies such as GoTo Group in Indonesia.
After releasing the latest model with 'reasoning' capabilities on April 15 , its researchers at AI Singapore told The Straits Times that they plan to add voice recognition later in 2025, followed by other modalities such as visual recognition.
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