Bangladesh’s new Bangla language chatbot, Alapchari(আলাপচারী), makes a significant contribution to the constantly evolving world of AI. Developed by a Bangladeshi tech startup, Alapchari is a Bangla version of the popular AI language model, ChatGPT. Moreover, Alapchari is the first Bangla language model to use transformer-based architecture, which is a state-of-the-art technology in the field of AI. The team officially launched Alapchari on February 15, 2023, and Bangla-speaking users have already embraced it. Users can utilize the chatbot for answering questions, customer support, and generating text content. The team developed Alapchari to bridge the technology gap with the Bangla language. With more than 300 million Bangla speakers around the world,…