The government formally began its push to build a foundational AI model on Thursday. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

India's IT minister has praised Chinese startup DeepSeek for shaking up the sector with its low-cost AI assistant, likening its frugal approach to his government's efforts to build a localized AI model.

Under the IndiaAI Mission, the government has also selected 18 application-level AI solutions for the first round of funding.

Pilot study on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) highlights transformative potential, control challenges, and ethical concerns in India.

India has announced its global AI ambitions, aiming to create its own foundational model to compete with giants like ChatGPT. With 18,693 GPUs set for use, the country is focusing on cost-effective AI development aligned with Indian contexts,

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that India is planning to build its own domestic large language model (LLM).

Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) start-up DeepSeek’s R1 model, which has disrupted the tech sector, holds lessons for India to develop the critical technology in cost-effective ways and without massive computational resources, the nation’s top researchers told The Indian Express.

Police in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state dismissed rumours shared thousands of times on social media that they had arrested a Muslim man who dressed as a Hindu monk in an apparent bid to attack the Hindu mega-festival Kumbh Mela.

The Indian government is promoting a robust AI initiative, approving 18 proposals and offering support for computing and funding. The goal is to create competitive AI models in agriculture and climate change,

IndiaAI Mission has invited applications from Indian startups and researchers to collaborate on building an Indian foundational AI models

China’s AI chatbot DeepSeek has sparked controversy for its refusal to discuss sensitive topics like the Tiananmen Square massacre and territorial dis