Received 67 proposals to build AI models trained on Indian datasets: MoS IT

The government has received proposals from 67 companies till February 15 to build state-of-the-art foundational AI models trained on Indian datasets, the ministry of electronics and information technology informed the Lok Sabha on Wednesday.

Of the 67 proposals, 22 are focused on large language models and large multimodal models, while the other 45 are proposals to develop domain-specific small language models, the minister of state for electronics and information technology, Jitin Prasada, told the Lok Sabha in his written response to a question.