New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Outrightly rejecting IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva's claim that India belongs to a "second grouping" of AI economies, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said global benchmarks place the country firmly among the top tier of AI-ready nations.
He said that India is building capabilities across the entire AI stack, including by providing government-subsidised access to GPUs.
"India is democratising AI by offering government-subsidised GPU access at one-third of the global cost, free AI models for common needs, training 10 million people in AI skills, and steering the IT industry toward scalable AI services for India and the world," he said.
Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on T...