The Indian government plans to finalize the “first set” of proposals for building indigenous foundational AI models within the next two weeks.
Over 200 proposals have been received by the government from companies looking to build homegrown large language models (LLMs).
The government aims to develop a voice-based LLM to reach the masses and increase India's research and development funding from 0.5% to match the 3% spent by China and the US.
Efforts are being made to accelerate investments in Indian AI startups and strengthen partnerships between academic institutions and startups.