Wants more local AI, without Big Tech getting open access to everything

Simon Sharwood Simon Sharwood APAC Editor Published mon 2 Nov 2026 // 04:39 UTC Make us preferred on Google READ MORE Microsoft improves Windows 11 performance on 8 GB PCs as RAM prices keep climbing 6 hours ago Nvidia is happy to take your money whether you're using open or closed models, says Jensen Huang 6 hours ago British fintech Revolut slashes AI coding costs 10x by cutting out Claude and going self-hosted 7 hours ago AI policy wonks declare 'sovereign agents' a threat to civilization 8 hours ago GhostBSD 26.2 takes the fright out of FreeBSD with a friendlier installer 11 hours ago As debate and legal argument continue over the extent to which developers of large language models are entitled to feed the world's data into their systems without paying for it, India's government has come up with an idea to regulate and secure the flow of information

India's motive is to create AI models trained on local data, because it thinks offshore model-makers won't be motivated to address the nation's issues or to ensure owners of data stay in control