China’s ‘first Tibetan AI’ claim contested as Dharamshala’s Monlam AI predates DeepZang

China Claimed a Tibetan AI First, Exiled Tibetans Say: Not First, Not Free, Not Tibetan – Tibet

By Tenzin Chokyi DHARAMSALA, 20 March: China’s unveiling of its Tibetan large language model, DeepZang, in Lhasa earlier this week has drawn pushback from the Tibetan exile community, which disputes Beijing’s claim that the system is the “world’s first” of its kind.

China’s ‘first Tibetan AI’ claim contested as Dharamshala’s Monlam AI predates DeepZang

Tenzin Nyidon  DHARAMSHALA, March 19: China’s unveiling of a Tibetan-language large model, DeepZang, in Lhasa on Monday has been accompanied by bold claims in state media describing it as the “world’s first” Tibetan artificial intelligence platform. Developed by a local company, CHOKNOR, DeepZang is marketed as a large language model (LLM) tailored specifically for Tibetan-language processing, designed to handle tasks such as text generation, tr…