White Paper Calls for Democratising AI Infrastructure In India

New Delhi, Dec 30 (KNN) Noting that critical AI data and models are crucial for innovation in digital economy but are controlled by a handful of global firms, a white paper released by the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has called for democratising AI infrastructure by treating it as shared resources.

The paper said that when computing power, data, and AI tools are widely available for users, people and institutions can build local-language solutions and improve assistive technologies to meet real needs.

Democratising access to AI infrastructure refers to making AI infrastructure available and affordable for a wide range of users.

The white paper underlined that democratising access to AI infrastructure is critical for ensuring fair and equitable opportunities and benefits across the country, from villages to cities, and from small institutions and startups to industry.

As per the key document, public-private partnerships or PPP can play a critical role in increasing access to AI infrastructure. To support the growing volume of AI workloads, the white paper suggested to establish more regional AI-focused data centres on PPP basis.

The white paper said that while technology-mature sectors such as telecom, media, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing are scaling AI rapidly, adoption remains uneven in agriculture, education, healthcare, and public services due to a lack of adequate infrastructure and access to resources.

"Therefore, ecosystem-wide efforts are needed for expanding access to data and computing for scaling AI development and adoption," it said.

(KNN Bureau)