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IIT Madras Prof Balaraman Ravindran Questions IndiaAI Mission’s Timeline to Build an Indigenous LLM
- IIT Madras professor Balaraman Ravindran has expressed skepticism about the Indian government's plan to develop an indigenous large language model (LLM) under the IndiaAI mission within six months.
- Ravindran believes the timeline for building top-notch models is too aggressive and may not position India strongly in the global AI landscape.
- The government aims to have India's LLM ready in the next ten months, with an allocation of ₹2,000 crore for the IndiaAI mission in the Union Budget 2025.
- Despite uncertainties among startups, MeitY will continue accepting proposals for the next six months or until a sufficient number is received.
- IIT Madras, in collaboration with a startup, has submitted a proposal for the IndiaAI mission, emphasizing the need for a startup mindset within the timeline.
- Ravindran suggested that more investment in academia is crucial for cutting-edge research and highlighted the importance of industry-academia partnerships in AI development.
- The IndiaAI mission, involving public-private partnerships, will provide access to over 18,000 GPUs for AI development.
- AI startups like Sarvam AI, Krutrim, CoRover.ai, TurboML, and IIIT Hyderabad have applied under the IndiaAI proposal, aiming to contribute to the country's AI future.
- TurboML and Soket AI have launched initiatives to collaborate on multilingual AI models tailored to India's needs and global competitiveness.
- Ravindran stressed the need for more investment and compute resources in fundamental research, expressing hope for significant progress in AI development in the next year and a half.
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