
DeepSeek: Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw declared that India would build its foundational AI model, and an AI safety institution will be established to take the country’s AI aspirations forward.
Union Minister of Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Thursday, declared that the popular Chinese open-source Artificial Intelligence model, DeepSeek, would soon be hosted on Indian servers in order to address privacy concerns.
Experts have been seriously concerned over DeepSeek, especially data security and information transferred to China.
“When you use our services, we may collect your text or audio inputs, prompt, uploaded files, feedback, chat history, or other content that you provide to our model and services. We store the information we collect in secure servers located in the People’s Republic of China,” reads DeepSeek’s policy document.
As recently as last month, Even OpenAI, one of the most prominent US-based artificial intelligence companies and parent firm of ChatGPT, alleged that DeepSeek was stealing its work to build its artificial models.
Vaishnaw mentioned that India would be developing a foundational model itself in the near future, along with a detailed vision for the country’s AI aspirations. Further, the minister announced empanelling 18,693 GPUs under a common computing facility.
Vaishnaw also said an AI safety institution will be started, making a slew of announcements that promise to put India on the global AI centre stage.
“Making modern tech accessible to everyone, is the economic thinking of our PM. Ours is the most affordable computing facility, at this point,” said IT Minister Vaishnaw.
In March, the government announced over Rs 10,300 crore in AI investment, known as the IndiaAI mission, which includes funding for AI startups and developing its own AI infrastructure.