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Image Source : FILE Rajeev Chandrasekhar Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Friday announced that the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme is scaling new heights every day on production, exports, and jobs. The minister shared this information via an X post.  He also said that Apple has produced over Rs 1 lakh crore worth…

As generative artificial intelligence (AI) products like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini become ubiquitous, India will develop its own foundational models, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said."We will be developing our own Indian foundational models. The world is talking about ChatGPT and OpenAI. Based on our own languages and our own India data sets, we expect that as a consequence of India's AI mission, we will have sovereign AI models that are designed and built in India," the…

This move will also help establish a semiconductor supply chain, with global chip companies entering India, bolstering local chip production and subsequently increasing manufacturing capacity, they added. On 29 February, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal by Tata Electronics, and its Taiwanese partner, Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. (PSMC), to set up a chip fab in Dholera. Union IT minister…

India has waded into global AI debate by issuing an advisory that requires tech firms to get government permission before launching new models. India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT issued the advisory to firms on Friday. The advisory, not published on public domain but a copy of which TechCrunch has reviewed, also asks tech firms to ensure that their services or products “do not permit any bias or discrimination or threaten the integrity of the electoral process.” Though the ministry admits…

The government has sent an advisory to all social media intermediaries, generative AI platforms, and large language models to ensure that the responses generated by their systems should not violate IT Rules or threaten the integrity of the electoral process.In its advisory sent late on Friday, the IT ministry has also said that such platforms will have to explicitly seek permission from the government to operate in India and must offer disclaimers and disclosures of their platforms being under testing.Elevate Your Tech…

The minister, who launched 'Investor Information and Analytics Platform' developed by IIT Madras, said this platform will address the gap in "our visibility of the innovation ecosystem".New Delhi: The country has created a thriving startup innovation ecosystem in the past 2-3 years and the next wave will emerge from areas such as semiconductors, microelectronics, artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT,…

Google's Gemini AI chatbot came under scrutiny yesterday with the company temporarily halting image generation amid concerns over inaccuracies in historical depictions. Following this issue, the tech giant apologised for these inaccuracies. However, it now faces a new challenge in India as the country's IT Minister, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, flagged violations of IT rules and criminal code provisions by Gemini.Gemini AI's Political BiasThe controversy unfolded when a verified user shared a screenshot revealing biassed…

Governments across the world as well as organisations building artificial intelligence tools must erect guardrails to support ethical development of the technology over the next decade, said the speakers at a Nasscom event on Tuesday.“Even though AI possesses immense transformative potential, it is our responsibility to ensure its increasing transparency. The fusion of human ideals with AI is important. The trajectory of AI in the future will be intricately tied to both human and democratic values,” Prime Minister…

AI roundup: Samsung launched a new program at the Visvesvaraya Technological University that will provide upskilling and training opportunities to over 1100 students about AI and IoT to make them future-ready. For growth and to combat fraud, Truecaller CEO said the company is turning to AI. Know what happened in the world of AI today.1. Samsung Innovation Campus' programme launched to train 1100 youth in AI and IoTSamsung Semiconductor India Research announces the Samsung Innovation Campus programme at the Visvesvaraya…

Entrepreneurs and startups should comply with the rules and laws, irrespective of their size, scale and growth momentum, minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday.“I have seen entrepreneurs beginning to trespass because the momentum of entrepreneurship takes them beyond what the regulators have allowed them to do at that particular point in time…even if you are a hard-charging, successful, innovative entrepreneur, you cannot live in denial of the reality that there…