When asked if India will be able to produce an Indian equivalent of ChatGPT, he said, “Wait for a few weeks, there will be a big announcement”. The minister was talking at the India Global Forum Annual Summit in New Delhi.
Vaishnaw further said since the Parliament is in session, he cannot reveal anything further.
The generative artificial intelligence (AI) bot ChatGPT developed by Open AI had crossed over 1 million users within five days of its launch in November. The technology in which Microsoft has invested $10 billion is expected to give a tough fight to Google’s search dominance and disrupt several established technology businesses.
When the host at IGF asked, “ChatGPT is setting the world alight. How is AI and quantum computing disrupting the infrastructure in India?”, Vaishnaw responded, “This morning we had the first quantum computing international conclave in Delhi with participants from six countries. Some of the leading technologies in quantum communications and AI are happening in collaboration with Indian startups.”
He further explained there was a time when India was a technology consumer only but today many global developers would want partner with Indian startups, entrepreneurs and academicians as their technology gets developed.
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“Same is the case with AI. These two technologies, we would like to use Indian talent for developing solutions for India and for the world,” he said. Generative-AI such as open-source BLOOM, Google’s BERT and ChatGPT, are necessary for employees who are going to write composable codes and this is a “step change” in terms of writing a code, analysts told ET previously.
Brokerage firm JP Morgan said in a note that consulting heritage firms like Accenture and Deloitte and digital native firms “are likely to gain share over Indian Techs in the near term with such changes (ChatGPT adoption).”
Generative AI models such as ChatGPT can potentially simplify coding and democratize access to a wider pool of talent, driving a new source of disruption, JP Morgan said, adding that this could pose both headwinds and tailwinds for IT services firms.
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