The Union Cabinet approved a national-level IndiaAI Mission on Thursday.
The Innovation Centre will focus on developing and deploying indigenous Large Multimodal Models (LMMs).
IndiaAI FutureSkills will expand the availability of AI courses at undergraduate, Master's, and Ph.D. levels.
AI is the way of the future and everyone is moving in that direction. Keeping that thought in mind, on Thursday, the Union Cabinet approved a national-level IndiaAI Mission. The budget for the same has been set at ₹10,371.92 crore. The project aims to promote and use AI more comprehensively within India.
A press release on the same read, “The IndiaAI Mission will establish a comprehensive ecosystem catalysing AI innovation through the strategic programmes and partnerships across the public and private sectors. By democratising computing access, improving data quality, developing indigenous AI capabilities, attracting top AI talent, enabling industry collaboration, providing startup risk capital, ensuring socially impactful AI projects, and bolstering ethical AI, it will drive responsible, inclusive growth of India’s AI ecosystem,”
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Here’s how India plans to promote AI
A landmark day for tech and innovation! The Cabinet’s approval for the IndiaAI Mission will empower AI startups and expand access to compute infrastructure, marking a giant leap in our journey towards becoming a global leader in AI innovation. https://t.co/NyCAiMLoHs https://t.co/bXfb6PwpgK
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 7, 2024
- IndiaAI Compute Capacity: IndiaAI will establish a robust AI computing ecosystem by collaborating with public and private entities to create a scalable infrastructure of over 10,000 GPUs. Additionally, an AI marketplace will be established to provide AI services and pre-trained models, catering to the needs of India’s burgeoning AI startups and research community.
- IndiaAI Innovation Centre: The Innovation Centre will focus on developing and deploying indigenous Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) and specialised foundational models across critical sectors.
- IndiaAI Datasets Platform: A unified platform will be developed to facilitate easy access to high-quality non-personal datasets, streamlining the process for Indian startups and researchers.
- IndiaAI Application Development Initiative: This initiative aims to drive AI adoption in vital sectors by addressing problem statements sourced from various governmental bodies and institutions. It will focus on developing, scaling, and promoting AI solutions with the potential to drive significant socio-economic change.
- IndiaAI FutureSkills: To enhance accessibility to AI programs, IndiaAI FutureSkills will expand the availability of AI courses at undergraduate, Master’s, and Ph.D. levels. Additionally, Data and AI Labs will be established in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities to provide foundational-level training.
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