India's first Large Language Model slated for launch by year-end

It will reduce dependence on foreign systems

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With 38,000 GPUs available at just Rs 65 per hour and 12 companies developing foundation models, the country aims to launch an Indian Large Language Model (LLM) by year-end, reducing dependence on foreign systems, the government said on Friday.

According to Abhishek Singh, Additional Secretary MeitY, CEO of IndiaAl and DG-NIC, the IndiaAI Mission, approved last year, is addressing key gaps by enabling affordable compute, creating a national data platform, supporting foundation models, advancing AI skilling, and ensuring safe and trustworthy AI.