India Faces AI Development Challenges Amid Global Competition

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Two years after the success of ChatGPT, India's efforts to develop its own foundational AI language model, akin to China's DeepSeek, are falling short, according to experts. Despite government claims of a model nearing completion and the provision of high-end chips to startups and universities, India's position in the AI race appears precarious.

Global leaders, including OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman and Nvidia's Jensen Huang, have recently highlighted India's potential, with the country now serving as OpenAI's second largest market. However, Prasanto Roy, a technology analyst, points out that India trails behind the US and China due to significant investments they have made in research, with China receiving 60% of global AI patents from 2010 to 2022, compared to India's less than 0.5%.

Although 200 generative AI startups are active, a lack of high-quality, region-specific datasets and insufficient long-term investment from the government hinder progress. Experts stress the importance of collaboration between government, industry, and academia, similar to the successful digital payment transformation, to promote AI development further.

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