India: Treat AI as Digital Public Infra, Not Proprietary Assets, Says Govt White Paper

• A government white paper proposes India treat AI as digital public infrastructure (DPI) and digital public goods (DPG).
• The paper, from the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, advocates for democratizing access to AI resources like compute, datasets, and models.
• It argues that current AI resources are concentrated globally, hindering innovation and competitiveness for India.
• The approach draws inspiration from India's successful population-scale digital systems like Aadhaar and UPI.
• This includes open data repositories, subsidized compute, and open-source model hubs, fostering an "AI commons."

Why It Matters: India's white paper urges treating AI as shared public infrastructure for widespread access and innovation.