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Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that India's national compute capacity has impressively surpassed 34,000 GPUs, giving a significant push to the nation’s AI capabilities. The IndiaAI Mission is now fostering growth by selecting three startups to develop foundational AI models tailored to India’s unique data needs. Vaishnaw emphasized the importance of democratizing technology and ensuring it is accessible to a broader section of society. With ambitious goals of reaching a top-five position globally, these initiatives are set to establish a robust AI ecosystem in India.

Key Points: Ashwini Vaishnaw Reveals India's Compute Capacity Exceeds 34,000 GPUs

  • India's GPU capacity surges past 34,000
  • AI Mission fosters comprehensive AI ecosystem
  • Vaishnaw highlights tech democratisation vision
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Common compute capacity surpasses 34,000 GPUs in India: Ashwini Vaishnaw

India's compute capacity surpasses 34,000 GPUs, fostering AI growth with three startups leading new models under the IndiaAI Mission.

"Technology should not be left in the hands of a few. - Ashwini Vaishnaw"

New Delhi, May 30

India's national compute capacity has crossed 34,000 GPUs, the government said on Friday, adding that three new startups have been selected to build AI foundation models.

Union Minister for Electronics and IT, Ashwini Vaishnaw, said that 367 datasets have already been uploaded to ‘AI Kosh’.

The minister also underlined IndiaAI Mission’s role in fostering reverse brain drain and creating a comprehensive ecosystem encompassing foundational models, compute capacity, safety standards, and talent development initiatives.

He emphasised that these efforts are aimed at building a complete and inclusive AI ecosystem in India. The ‘IndiaAI Foundation Model’ pillar within the India AI Mission aims to develop and deploy indigenous foundational models trained on India-specific data.

Till April 30, 506 proposals have been received. On April 26, Sarvam AI was selected to build India's sovereign large language model (LLM) ecosystem, developing an open-source 120 billion parameter AI model to enhance governance and public service access through use cases like "2047: Citizen Connect" and "AI4Pragati".

This follows the earlier launch of the Sarvam-1 model (2 billion parameters) and the Sarvam-M (24B parameters) model with hybrid reasoning capabilities.

Vaishnaw urged the newly selected teams under the IndiaAI Mission to aim for a top-five global position in their respective sectors.

Soket AI will develop India's first open-source 120 billion parameter foundation model optimised for the country's linguistic diversity, targeting sectors such as defence, healthcare, and education.

Gnani AI will build a 14 billion parameter Voice AI foundation model delivering multilingual, real-time speech processing with advanced reasoning capabilities, while Gan AI will create a 70 billion parameter multilingual foundation model targeting "Superhuman TTS (text-to-speech)" capabilities to surpass current global leaders.

Emphasising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of democratisation of technology, Vaishnaw said, “Technology should not be left in the hands of a few. It's very important that a larger section of society should be able to access technology, develop new solutions and get better opportunities.”

—IANS

- IANS

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Rahul K.
This is fantastic progress! 🇮🇳 Finally we're building our own AI ecosystem instead of depending on foreign tech giants. The focus on Indian languages is especially important - we can't let English dominate our digital future. Hope these models will help farmers and small businesses too!
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Priya M.
While I appreciate the initiative, I worry about whether we have enough safeguards against misuse. AI can spread misinformation rapidly in our diverse society. The government should release more details about the safety standards being developed.
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Arjun S.
Building our own LLMs is great, but we need to ensure they're trained on quality data. Many Indian language datasets available online have errors. Hope the 'AI Kosh' initiative maintains high standards. Jai Hind!
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Sunita R.
As a tech professional who returned from US last year, I'm thrilled to see this reverse brain drain happening! The compute infrastructure and opportunities being created will retain our best talent. More power to IndiaAI Mission! 💪
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Vikram J.
Good initiative but implementation is key. We've seen many grand announcements before that didn't deliver. Hope this isn't another 'Digital India' where rural areas still struggle with basic internet access. Prove me wrong, please!
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Neha P.
The voice AI model excites me most! Imagine elderly people in villages interacting with government services in their mother tongue without needing to read/write. This could be revolutionary for digital inclusion. 🤩
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Karan D.
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