Vaishnaw: India in 1st league of AI nations, not a follower

India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw challenged the notion of India being a secondary AI power, asserting its front-rank status by emphasizing large-scale deployment over massive models. He highlighted the country's focus on practical AI applications and a shared compute facility to drive economic value and ROI, rather than solely on building frontier models.

Vaishnaw: India in 1st league of AI nations, not a follower
India's IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw challenged the notion of India being a secondary AI power, asserting its front-rank status by emphasizing large-scale deployment over massive models. He highlighted the country's focus on practical AI applications and a shared compute facility to drive economic value and ROI, rather than solely on building frontier models.