India’s AI ambitions stumble in the frontier race
TL;DR
Despite hosting a global AI summit, India remains a bystander in the race to build frontier AI models, with rhetoric about tech prowess not matched by investment in compute, data policy, and talent; a Davos exchange with the IMF chief highlighted the gap between aspiration and delivery and argues for a coherent strategy that leverages India’s strengths while addressing infrastructure and regulatory hurdles.
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- Google Plans New Fiber-Optic Routes Between the US and India Bloomberg
- Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south The Guardian
- India's AI summit: Delegates complain of long queues and confusion on opening day BBC
- How the global effort to keep AI safe went off the rails politico.eu
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