<h1>India Launches AI Initiative to Rival Global Leaders, Focus on Affordability, Local Contexts, and Ethical Practices</h1> India is set to develop its own AI model, aiming to rival global leaders like ChatGPT and DeepSeek R1, with a focus on affordability and accessibility. The initiative will be powered by a compute facility with 18,693 GPUs, significantly subsidized to reduce costs. The Indian government plans to align AI models with local contexts and languages, ensuring safety and security. Projects under the India AI Mission include AI safety institutions and applications in healthcare, education, and agriculture. The mission emphasizes collaboration, ethical AI practices, and aims to address population-scale challenges while maintaining global trust and compliance with intellectual property rights.