The Indian government, in collaboration with Nasscom and the principal scientific advisor’s office, will host a policy roundtable discussion on AI governance and data usage at the Paris AI Action Summit on February 10-11.
A bilateral discussion between Indian and French government officials will take place in Bangalore on January 25, where AI sovereignty and native large language models (LLMs) are key topics.
India and France aim to collaborate on AI development, focusing on infrastructure, governance, sustainability, and leveraging AI in various sectors, including health and defence.
The Indian government has announced financial support for Indian companies to develop foundational AI models.
The aim is to improve access to advanced computing capacity, a field where India’s AI Mission has made significant strides by offering a 40 per cent subsidy on discounted GPU prices to start-ups, academics, researchers and students.
India and France are also considering whether an AI incident database is required to bring transparency, accountability and safety in AI systems.
