India will launch an AI Mission that would work to bring compute power in the hands of startups and innovators in the country so that they can tackle problems in areas like healthcare, agriculture and education, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on December 12.
"We will launch an AI mission to get AI compute power which will help startups and innovators. With this mission, agriculture, healthcare and education sectors will be promoted," he said at the Global Partnership for AI Summit in Delhi.
This comes months after the government adopted a report by an expert panel which recommended that the Indian government create computing infrastructure of 24,500 graphics processing units (GPU) at 17 centres to enable innovation in the emerging tech area in the country by startups and academia.
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Under the proposal, about 14,500 GPUs have been recommended for training of AI models and high performance storage, while the rest 10,000 is for AI inferencing.
However, PM Modi did not specify the amount of compute power to be commissioned under the mission.
Modi inaugurated the GPAI summit today, and international delegates are expected to engage in several sessions revolving around AI. As part of the event, the government is working on a multi-country, consensus-based declaration on AI, specifically on ways to mitigate risks and foster innovation.
Bringing attention to the harmful side of artificial intelligence and terming it as being capable of "destroying the 21st century", PM Modi today called on countries to work together during the GPAI Summit on a global framework that will provide guardrails around AI and make it more responsible.
"AI has the potential to destroy the 21st century," he claimed.
Modi said that if AI tools fall in the hands of terrorists or cyber attackers then it could create havoc.
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