Experts urge govt to invest in open data, compute for AI leadership
artificial intelligence race, and there is no way forward but for the Indian government to step up and invest to create these enabling conditions, according to experts and industry representatives.
Abhishek Singh, president and CEO, National eGovernance Division, and managing director and CEO, Digital India Corporation, said that once key pieces like compute and access to Prasar Bharati content are solved, maybe Indian startups will start building foundational models.
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The government is the biggest holder of data, he said, adding that it is working on the India Datasets Platform to enable API-based data sharing and the National Data Governance Policy to put in place data management offices in every government department. Data must be made available with privacy preservation and randomisation tools so that researchers and startups can leverage it, Singh said.
India already has many startups developing AI solutions in agriculture, health care, education and so on, Singh said. The government’s role will be to support them in scaling up, bring them
