Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics contract manufacturer and major iPhone supplier for Apple, launched its first Chinese large language model (LLM) trained on traditional characters, as the Taiwanese company pushes forward the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in factories.
The new FoxBrain model was trained in a “more efficient and lower-cost” method within just four weeks, and sets a new milestone in the development of Taiwan’s AI technology, according to a statement issued on Monday by Foxconn, known formally as Hon Hai Precision Industry.
With a training process powered by 120 Nvidia H100 graphics processing units (GPUs), FoxBrain excels in maths and logical reasoning, according to Foxconn.
It was originally designed for internal applications in the company, but Foxconn said it will be open sourced in the future, as part of efforts to collaborate with technology partners to expand its applications and promote AI in manufacturing.
