China launches Zeta, a multimodal AI system designed for comprehensive Tibetan language processing

China has unveiled Zeta, a large-scale multimodal AI system engineered for full processing of the Tibetan language, marking a significant step toward integrating AI tools into everyday Tibetan-language workflows. The system was developed by the State Key Laboratory of Tibetan Intelligence at Qinghai Normal University and represents the first domestically-built large-scale model designed to handle text, speech, and visual data simultaneously in Tibetan.