Govt missive to seek nod to deploy LLMs to hurt small companies: startups
AI) and large language models (LLMs) must seek «explicit permission of the government» before being deployed for users on the Indian internet, has sent shock waves among companies developing LLMs, especially startups who feel it is «anti-innovation and not forward-looking».
Several companies building LLMs, venture capitalists as well as experts told ET such directions can kill startups trying to build in this «hyper-active» space in which India is already late to the party. It will only allow big corporations who can afford additional resources for testing, and government approval, they argued.
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Offering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM LucknowIIML Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking & Applied Risk ManagementVisitMITMIT Technology Leadership and InnovationVisitIIT DelhiIITD Certificate Programme in Data Science & Machine LearningVisit The government on March 2 said that all AI models, LLMs, software using generative AI or any algorithms that are currently being tested, are in the beta stage of development or are unreliable in any form must seek explicit permission of the government of India before being deployed for users on the Indian internet.
Pratik Desai, founder, of KissanAI, which built the agriculture LLM Dhenu said if such directions apply to all LLMs — both foundational and fine-tuned models – and its applications, then it kills startups trying to build something in the field and only allows giant corporations who can afford additional resources for
