Tech industry welcomes govt's move to build local AI model

Says mix of LLM and SLM is an ideal approach

- PADMINI DHRUVARAJ

THE TECH INDUSTRY on Thursday welcomed electronics and IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw's announcement about the government's plans to build its own foundational model on the lines of Chat GPT and DeepSeek R1, stating that the ideal way forward is to build a dual approach which focuses on both large language models (LLMs) as well as small language models (SLMs).

A dual approach is the best way to enhance the country's AI capabilities was the unanimous view of industry executives.

Ganesh Gopalan, co-founder & CEO of Gnani.ai, said, "India should consider focusing on both foundational LLMs and SLMs for a balanced approach".