Peru's state news agency Andina, the official gazette El Peruano and public university UNMSM built Illariy, an AI news presenter in Quechua's Ayacucho-Chanka dialect with 80–90% accuracy, viral on TikTok and trademarked by INDECOPI in 2025.
80-90%
Reported recognition accuracy
Details
Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
Agencia Andina, Diario Oficial El Peruano and Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM)
Period
2023–present
Keywords
public media, digital inclusion, indigenous-language preservation, citizen communication
Context
UNMSM's MediaLab, with Peru's state news agency Andina and gazette El Peruano, built Illariy, an AI news presenter in the Ayacucho-Chanka Quechua dialect, first appearing in 2023.
Results
Researchers reported 80-90% recognition accuracy; Illariy went viral on TikTok and received an official INDECOPI trademark in January 2025, but no independent measurement of citizen comprehension gains has been published.
Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k)
Time to results
Medium (1–3 years)
Staffing & skills
UNMSM MediaLab researchers, Agencia Andina production team
Conditions for success
continued dialect-tuned model maintenance
formal Quechua-community consent/governance process
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