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India’s Minister of Electronics<\/a> and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw<\/a> on Thursday secured a coveted spot on TIME magazine<\/a>\u2019s “Most Influential People in AI<\/a> 2024.”<\/p>\n

India\u2014the world\u2019s fifth largest economy\u2014is trying to become a major player in the world of AI. “The country\u2019s electronics and information technology minister, Aishwini Vaishnaw, leads its efforts,” said the magazine. <\/p>\n

While the country has yet to create binding AI laws, for the past year, it has chaired the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence\u2014an international initiative to support states in governing AI, it says. <\/p>\n

As part of its chairmanship, India hosted the Global IndiaAI Summit<\/a> in July, attended by over 2,000 AI experts, including senior leaders from OpenAI and Microsoft, and delegates from over 50 countries. At the Summit, Vaishnaw emphasized the need to \u201cdemocratize technology,\u201d so it\u2019s accessible to all. <\/p>\n

The Indian government has also allocated over $1.2 billion to support its nascent AI sector. Most of the country\u2019s AI efforts have been funneled through its \u201cIndiaAI\u201d initiative, managed by Vaishnaw\u2019s ministry. The ministry aims to secure over 10,000 Graphic Processing Units, the chips that power most AI technology, to increase the country\u2019s computing capacity; provide finance for local startups; increase access to high-quality datasets; expand access to AI educational opportunities for Indians; and develop its own state-of-the-art AI models.<\/p>\n

“Under Vaishnaw\u2019s leadership, the country hopes to become one of the top five countries for semiconductor manufacturing\u2014a key component for modern AI systems\u2014within the next five years. Construction has begun on several factories.”Yet, Vaishnaw faces “significant challenges” in realizing these ambitions, says the magazine. “India’s tech sector struggles with low private R&D investment and a lack of advanced manufacturing ecosystems. Its educational system is also catching up to produce the specialized workforce needed for cutting-edge AI and semiconductor development,” it adds.High import tariffs on electronic components, global competition for talent and resources, and the complexity of rapidly upgrading infrastructure (particularly the extensive power and water supply systems that are required for semiconductor manufacturing), may be further hurdles on India\u2019s path to becoming a leader in the AI space, according to TIME.<\/p>\n

“As in every country, India is striving to strike a balance between fostering innovation and ensuring AI benefits its people and constraining the technology\u2019s risks. Whether it will succeed remains to be seen.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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India’s Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday secured a coveted spot on TIME magazine\u2019s “Most Influential People in AI 2024.” India\u2014the world\u2019s fifth largest economy\u2014is trying to become a major player in the world of AI. “The country\u2019s electronics and information technology minister, Aishwini Vaishnaw, leads its efforts,” said the magazine. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/img.etimg.com\/photo\/msid-113103171,imgsize-74014.cms","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[602],"tags":[1274,103837,890,17849,17845,103834,103838,103835,1339,3837,103836,18656,37058,124,222,33574,17850],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":128657,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128655\/revisions\/128657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}