India's Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw highlights the nation’s growing AI capabilities and announces the development of an indigenous generative AI model, powered by the India AI Compute Facility. With 19,000 GPUs available, India aims to create AI models that incorporate local context and culture while addressing data privacy issues.
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