India, April 17 -- The government will "pause" accepting fresh proposals for building an indigenous foundational artificial intelligence (AI) model after April 22.

In a statement, IndiaAI Mission said that it has extended the deadline for submitting applications under the third phase to April 22 from April 15 previously due to the "large volume of proposals" received. Thereafter, the nodal AI body will put on hold any new applications.

"We continue to receive a high volume of applications in the ongoing phase 3 (16th March to present). In light of the large volume of responses received till now, it has been decided to pause acceptance of new applications. To ensure all applications that are in process are accommodated, the deadline for ...