GoTo’s 27B model speaks Batak, but the real test is who can afford to run it

e27 - Oct 20, 2026

For most of the generative AI boom, someone in North Sumatra typing a question in Batak Toba has been talking to a machine that, at best, half understands them. GoTo Group says it wants to change that. But the hard part is only beginning. Indonesia’s largest digital ecosystem on Monday released a 27-billion-parameter language model […] The post GoTo’s 27B model speaks Batak, but the real test is who can afford to run it appeared first on e27.

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