India, Jan. 22 -- India has established itself as a leading nation in artificial intelligence (AI), actively engaging across all five layers of AI architecture: application, model, chip, infrastructure, and energy, according to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum, he emphasized the importance of large-scale AI diffusion, economic viability, and techno-legal governance. Vaishnaw stated that India is set to be the largest supplier of AI services globally, with a significant return on investment coming from enterprise-level deployments rather than from developing large models.

He noted that most AI applications can be effectively addressed with models in the 20-50 billion parameter range. Additionally, he ...