AI LLM Assessment Nears Completion: Ashwini Vaishnaw

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw stated that the assessment of AI large language model (LLM) applications is nearing completion. The minister stated that the government will be ready to grant the initial LLM model teams, which will then begin to obtain funding through the artificial intelligence (AI) Mission.

"We see huge adoption of AI technology by industries. My interaction with education, healthcare and industrial organizations shows that people are adapting AI in a very big way for multiple uses. So that's a very positive thing, and that also means we will be able to get the most productive advantage out of this AI revolution," he added.

The government intends to organize an open-source model similar to what various other nations have achieved. India sanctioned the AI initiative last year with a budget of more than Rs 10,000 crore. India is swiftly developing a robust AI computing and semiconductor framework to bolster its expanding digital economy.

A primary goal of this mission is to create a premium shared computing facility that features 18,693 Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), positioning it among the largest AI computing infrastructures in the world.

"After the first 14000 GPUs that we got as a part of the AI mission, the empanelment process for the second tranch is on and we are getting equally good response for the second tranch also which means that our startup community, our AI researchers will get a very large GPU compute facility in coming days," Vaishnaw said.