IT Secretary advocates 'judicious mix' of open and proprietary AI models to protect data sovereignty

IT Secretary S Krishnan warned that relying solely on proprietary AI models risks 'data transfer' and models 'learning at our cost,' advocating for a strategic balance between open and proprietary AI to protect data sovereignty. For edtech builders: government policy is shifting toward open-source infrastructure and data localization. Expect procurement and partnership opportunities with government institutions to favor builders who can run models on-premises or on sovereign cloud infra.

Source: ET Tech ↗