India won’t be second to anybody in developing foundational AI models: IT Secretary

India will not lag behind in its efforts to develop foundational AI models and those developed under the IndiaAI mission are a response to people who have questioned the country’s potential in coming up with advanced AI platforms, a senior government official said on Friday.

While launching the country’s first video foundational model by start-up Avataar. ai, Electronics and IT Secretary S Krishnan said that the government has supported a range of foundational models across different applications, not just language models.