AI (model) of the tiger: India to back local language AI foundation model, RFP to be issued soon

India will back an industry-academia consortium to build a local language artificial intelligence (AI) foundation model and will soon issue request for proposal (RFP) to further the effort, a senior official told ET.The Centre’s move, which follows the US government restricting export of AI compute infrastructure and limiting use of language models that are currently dominated by American technology firms, will place India in a select group of nations including the US and China where local companies are building prominent models.

Foundation models are…