Why in the News?
At the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, the Union IT Minister announced the launch of AI Mission 2.0 and the addition of 20,000 GPUs to the government’s common compute infrastructure under the IndiaAI Mission.
What is the Common Compute Cluster?
- Government supported shared AI infrastructure
- Objective: Democratise access to expensive AI computing resources and reduce entry barriers.
- Provides access to high performance GPUs
- Open to:
- Startups
- Researchers
- Academia
- Indian AI firms
Key Announcements
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Addition of 20,000 GPUs
- To be installed within six months
- Strengthens national AI compute capacity
- Supports training of large language models and advanced AI systems
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AI Mission 2.0
- Greater focus on:
- AI research and development
- Innovation ecosystem
- AI diffusion across sectors
- Strengthening public digital infrastructure
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Indigenous Foundational Model
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- A foundational large language model from an Indian firm expected
- Aim: Build applications with real public impact
| [2025] Consider the following statements:
I. It is expected that Majorana 1 chip will enable quantum computing. II. Majorana 1 chip has been introduced by Amazon Web Services (AWS). III. Deep learning is a subset of machine learning. Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) I and only I (b) II and III only (c) I and III only (d) I, II and III |
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