The government plans to roll out IndiaAI FutureSkills to increase AI courses in undergraduate, masters-level, and Ph.D. programs, and to mitigate barriers to entry into AI programs. An AI marketplace will be designed to offer AI as a service and pre-trained models to AI innovators. The innovation centres will develop and deploy indigenous Large Multimodal Models and domain-specific foundational models in critical sectors. The government will also establish Data and AI Labs in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across India.
Key takeaways:
- The Union Cabinet has approved the 'India AI mission' with a budget of Rs 10,371.92 crore for a period of five years to boost Artificial Intelligence in India.
- The mission will be implemented by the ‘IndiaAI’ Independent Business Division under Digital India Corporation and will have eight components including IndiaAI Compute Capacity, IndiaAI Innovation Centre, and a dataset platform.
- The government aims to build a mega computing facility with AI compute infrastructure of 10,000 or more Graphics Processing Units, and also plans to set up Data and AI Labs in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities across India.
- The government also plans to roll out IndiaAI FutureSkills to increase AI courses in undergraduate, masters-level, and Ph.D. programs, and generate highly skilled employment opportunities with this mission.