Background The contest to develop national Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities has sharpened significantly since the public launch in late 2022 of highly capable large-language models. India launched its first national strategy for AI in June 2018 and an AI task …
Context: In her Interim Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman promised to launch a new scheme to strengthen deep-tech capabilities in the defence sector. Explanation and Opportunities in India: Deep tech refers to advanced and disruptive technologies, many of which …