Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the MANAV framework—moral and ethical systems, accountable governance, national sovereignty, accessibility, and validity—to position India as a central, people‑first voice in AI.
- New directives now in force require platforms to remove flagged AI content within three hours, or two hours for sexual material, with permanent labels on synthetically generated media.
- Investment announcements included a $1.1 billion state‑backed VC fund, OpenAI offices in Bengaluru and Mumbai plus a Tata compute tie‑up targeting 1 GW, Anthropic’s first India office and Infosys partnership, and Adani’s plan to invest $100 billion in AI data centers by 2035.
- French President Emmanuel Macron praised India’s digital public infrastructure and pitched deeper India‑France cooperation on responsible, sovereign AI, while EU vice president Henna Virkkunen flagged expanding India‑EU ties across semiconductors, high‑performance computing and interoperable digital public infrastructure.
- Homegrown capability was showcased with Sarvam’s new 30B and 105B models, BharatGen’s Param 2 for 22 languages, and Gnani’s Vachana TTS, as Modi convened startup CEOs to push AI in agriculture, healthcare and higher education in Indian languages.