Above: The CitizenAI mascot. Image courtesy NPICTT

The National Payment and Innovation Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NPICTT) today announced the availability of CitizenTT.ai, a WhatsApp based Large Language Model (LLM) built specifically for the needs of this country.

The model was trained across 85 billon parameters and uses a voice that’s based on a local speaker.

The system and model were overseen by Aldwyn Wayne’s Axionis and users can enter 50 prompts per month free, with a professional tier costing TT$49 per month.
Signing up for the service is simple, with access granted through a website that sets up the messaging for each user. The entire process takes around five minutes or less, with a welcome message and an eight-second voice note from the service showing up in the user’s WhatsApp chat window.

The welcome message from CitizenTT.AI

The pricing tiers for CitizenTT.AI

Prompts can be typed or sent as a voice message and more complex queries can trigger a delay of up to a minute (I asked for a complex image and a summary and analysis of VS Naipaul’s The Mimic Men).
The output meets the expected standard of AI output generated by most sophisticated models.

The service formally launches on April 26 and you can sign up for early notifications once it goes live here.