New Delhi, April 8 -- India is rapidly emerging as a key player in the global artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. It is seeing strong growth in both its AI workforce and how widely AI is being used. However, it trails in areas like private investments, patent output, research paper citations, and the creation of globally-recognized AI models, according to the eight edition of the Stanford University's Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (AI) Index 2025 report released on Monday.

In 2024, India became the second-largest contributor to AI-related GitHub projects, accounting for 19.9% of global contributions-just behind the US at 23.4% and slightly ahead of Europe at 19.5%. This signals India's growing influence in the open-source AI ...