IndiaAI Mission 2024: Building Indigenous Foundation Models for a Smarter Future

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Why in News: The mission’s increased capacity will offer a shared computational Al platform for inference and training, which is essential for creating native fundamental models that are suited to the Indian environment.

About IndiaAl Mission in 2024.

  • Goal: To promote Al innovation through improving data quality, democratizing computer access, and cultivating local Al talents.
  • IndiaAl, under MeitY, is the implementing agency.
  • IndiaAI Compute: 15,916 GPUs were just added to the 18,417 empanelled GPUs that were previously there.
  • IndiaAl Innovation Center: New Delhi is home to three Al Centers of Excellence in Sustainable Cities, Healthcare, and Agriculture.
  • IndiaAl Dataset platform: Al Kosh currently has 367 datasets uploaded.
  • Initiatives for the creation of IndiaAl applications include the Sarvam-1 Al Model, a sizable language model tailored for Indian languages.
  • IndiaAl Startup Financing: Three new businesses are chosen to create India’s own foundation model.
  • FutureSkills India
  • Trusted & Safe Al
IndiaAI Mission promoting foundation models, AI compute, AI Kosha, and ethical AI for India’s digital transformation
The IndiaAI Mission 2024 empowers startups, researchers, and sectors through indigenous foundation models, compute access, and responsible AI.

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Question: With reference to the IndiaAI Mission 2024, consider the following statements:

  1. The mission aims to promote AI innovation through improved data quality and access to computing infrastructure.
  2. IndiaAI is being implemented by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).
  3. One of its goals is to develop AI models exclusively for foreign languages to boost global reach.

How many of the above statements are correct?

a) Only one

b) Only two

c) All three

d) None

✅ Answer: b) Only two

Source: India’s Common Compute Capacity Crosses 34,000 GPUs

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