
DeepSeek: India will create its own foundational AI model, and the country’s AI ambitions will get pushed as an AI safety institution is set to be formed, said Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Union Minister of Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday said that DeepSeek, a popular Chinese open-source Artificial Intelligence model, would soon be hosted on Indian servers to allay privacy concerns. Experts have also expressed serious concern over DeepSeek, especially data security and possible information sharing with China.
“When you use our services, we may collect your text or audio inputs, prompt, uploaded files, feedback, chat history, or other content you provide to our model and services. We store the information we collect in secure servers in the People’s Republic of China,” the policy document for DeepSeek reads.
Also, even OpenAI, the top US-based artificial intelligence company and owner of ChatGPT, has accused DeepSeek of stealing its work to boost its artificial models.
Vaishnaw stated that India will have its foundational model in the following months, according to the outline of the country’s AI goals. The minister also announced that 18,693 graphics processing units would be impanelled under a common computing facility.
Making a slew of announcements that promise to put India on the global AI center stage, Vaishnaw also said an AI safety institution would be started.
“Making modern tech accessible to everyone is the economic thinking of our PM. Ours is the most affordable computing facility at this point,” IT Minister Vaishnaw said.
In March, the government announced more than Rs 10,300 crore in AI investments under the umbrella of the IndiaAI mission, including funding for AI startups and building its own AI infrastructure.