India, May 8 -- Nandan Nilekani, cofounder and chairman of Infosys, on Wednesday, said India needs artificial intelligence (AI) applications that benefit all citizens, instead of businesses competing to develop large language models (LLMs).

Speaking at a people+AI and EkStep Foundation event in Bengaluru, Nilekani said, "The Indian path in AI is different. We are not in the arms race to build the next LLM, let people with capital, let people who want to pedal ships do all that stuff. We are here to make a difference and our aim is to give this technology in the hands of people."

People+ai is a part of the EkStep Foundation, a non-profit organisation backed by Nilekani himself.

As per a Business Standard report, Nilekani underlined the ...