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AI vendor kill switch threat spurs India’s sovereign push
A proprietary AI vendor abruptly shut off global access to its flagship models after an export control directive forced compliance, exposing a critical dependency risk for enterprises. In India, where 62% of…
The Story in Brief
A proprietary AI vendor abruptly shut off global access to its flagship models after an export control directive forced compliance, exposing a critical dependency risk for enterprises. In India, where 62% of organisations are investing in digital sovereignty, the Digital Personal Data Protection rules now restrict cross-border data transfers. The IndiaAI Mission, backed by Rs 10,000 crore, is building local alternatives such as Sarvam and BharatGen models for Indian languages. The lesson: if your AI strategy runs on a rented API, you operate with an external kill switch over your business.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that India must go fully 'Atmanirbhar' in AI overlooks the fact that no single country can build everything. The real risk is not using foreign models but having no fallback. Open-source, locally tuned models offer choice without isolation. The test: will India's enterprises move from piloting proprietary APIs to running sovereign models on their own infrastructure before the next kill switch hits?
Source: ciso.economictimes.indiatimes.com
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