OpenAI CEO Sam Altman on Wednesday mentioned India is now OpenAI’s second-largest market by variety of customers, which have tripled up to now yr.
Altman met with IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and mentioned India’s plan of making a low-cost AI ecosystem. Altman lauded the nation’s speedy AI adoption and rising ambitions.
Vaishnaw posted on X that he had a “tremendous cool dialogue” with Altman on India’s “technique of making your entire AI stack – GPUs, mannequin, and apps” and that OpenAI was keen to collaborate on all three.
“I believe India must be doing the whole lot. I believe India must be one of many leaders of the AI revolution”, Altman mentioned, a reversal from final yr when he forged doubt on whether or not the nation might construct a considerable mannequin within the OpenAI area with a $10 million (roughly Rs. 87 crore) finances.
It was Altman’s first go to since 2023 to India, the place his firm faces authorized challenges.
Vaishnaw final week praised Chinese language startup DeepSeek for shaking up the sector with its low-cost AI assistant, likening its frugal strategy to his authorities’s efforts to construct a localised AI mannequin.
“Our nation despatched a mission to the moon at a fraction of the associated fee that many different nations did proper, why cannot we do a mannequin that might be a fraction of the associated fee that many others do?” Vaishnaw mentioned in a video of a part of the dialogue with Altman that he posted.
Earlier, India’s finance ministry issued an advisory urging workers to keep away from utilizing instruments comparable to ChatGPT and DeepSeek for official work, citing dangers posed to confidentiality of presidency paperwork and knowledge, an inside division advisory confirmed.
Earlier than India, Altman visited Japan and South Korea, securing offers with SoftBank Group and Kakao. In Seoul, he additionally mentioned the Stargate AI knowledge middle venture with SoftBank and Samsung.
OpenAI additionally faces a high-profile copyright infringement battle with India’s prime media homes. The corporate has mentioned in courtroom filings it doesn’t have its servers within the nation and Indian courts shouldn’t hear the matter.
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