AIKosh
Prelims:
Science &
Technology
Mains:
GS Paper II:
Governance, GS Paper III: Science & Technology
Current relevance:
The
IndiaAI Mission organised a workshop on AIKosh, the national
platform for datasets, AI models and related resources, in New Delhi.
Highlights:
About AIKosh:
1.
National
AI Platform: AIKosh is
a national platform for datasets, AI models and related resources under
the IndiaAI Mission.
2.
Purpose: It enables greater discoverability,
access and responsible use of AI-ready resources for India's AI ecosystem.
3.
Current
Resources: The platform
hosts over 15,000 datasets, 300 AI models and 30 toolkits.
4.
Beneficiaries: It enables researchers, startups,
developers and students to develop AI solutions using trusted national
resources.
5.
Sovereign
AI: Unlocking the value
of India's data assets is considered important for strengthening India's sovereign
AI capabilities, innovation and national development.
Key
Focus Areas:
1.
Data
Governance: Develop
mechanisms for lawful and responsible sharing of data.
2.
Data
Harmonisation: Make
data more discoverable, understandable, interoperable and securely
accessible.
3.
Privacy
Protection: Strengthen privacy-preserving
mechanisms for accessing and exchanging AI-ready data.
4.
Developer
Ecosystem: Identify the
datasets, platforms and data architecture required for AI applications
and foundational models suited to India's context.
5.
Sectoral
Applications: Priority
use cases and datasets were explored in Health & Lifesciences,
Agriculture & Livelihoods, and Education, Science & Technology.
Institutional Collaboration:
1.
IndiaAI–NeGD–CDPI/IIIT-B
MoU: Cooperation will
strengthen India's AI and Digital Public Infrastructure ecosystem.
2.
The
partnership will provide technical, architectural, policy and knowledge
support to India AI and NeGD.
3.
It
will support population-scale AI-enabled governance solutions and
seamless, secure exchange of AI-ready datasets, models and resources through
AIKosh.
4.
IndiaAI–EkStep
Foundation MoU: Seeks
to promote collective intelligence, scalable and cost-efficient AI operating
systems, open-gate models, platforms and solutions.
5.
These
partnerships aim to enable accessible and impactful AI innovation at scale.
Significance:
1.
AI-Ready
Data Ecosystem:
Provides a common national platform connecting data resources with India's AI
ecosystem.
2.
Responsible
AI: Privacy-preserving
data exchange and responsible access can support the development of safe and
trusted AI applications.
3.
Innovation
at Scale: Access to
datasets, models and toolkits can support startups, researchers, students
and developers.
4.
AI-enabled
Governance: Integration
with Digital Public Infrastructure can facilitate the development of population-scale
AI solutions for governance.
5.
Viksit
Bharat 2047:
Responsible utilisation of AI as a horizontal and cross-cutting technology
can support improvements in quality of life and India's broader development
ambitions.
Source: PIB - https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseDetail.aspx?PRID=2301666®=48&lang=1