‘India set to benefit as AI costs plunge’

Thecost ofdeployingand running artificial intelligence (AI) applications is falling at an exponential pace, potentially making AI tools affordable at scale across India sooner than expected, accord ing toSam Altman, co-founder and chiefexecutive of Open AI, one of the world’s most valua-blestartups.

- Shouvik Das

Sam Altman, co-founder and chief executive of OpenAI.

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Altman also dismissed the idea that companies like his would “kill” software and tech nology services firms, even as AI automates large parts of theircore work. “Iam optimis tic that we are going to drive pricesdown more than anyone thinks is possible or reasona ble or likely. Using AI can become absolutely cheaper for India to use at scale, and we are moving actively in this direc tion,” Altman said, speaking at aroundtable Mint was part of.