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Dhruv Atreja, head of AI research at Fastino Labs, discusses India's dilemma in choosing between US and Chinese AI models. On June 12, Anthropic’s AI models were temporarily shut down due to U.S. export restrictions, demonstrating how easily access can be revoked. Meanwhile, China offered to establish an open-source AI community for Brics nations, promising flexibility but with built-in biases, such as a chatbot refusing to acknowledge Arunachal Pradesh as Indian territory. India is pursuing its own development of large-scale AI models and exploring significant investments, including up to 200 billion rupees in a new AI fund, to maintain independence from foreign controls.
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On June 12, two leading artificial intelligence models went offline due to an American export directive that restricted foreign users' access. The AI models, developed by Anthropic, were later reactivated on July 1 but highlighted the vulnerability of India's reliance on U.S.-developed technology. In September, during the Brics summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping offered to establish a Brics AI open-source community, promising accessible and adaptable Chinese models that would not face similar restrictions from Washington. Dhruv Atreja, head of AI research at Fastino Labs in New York, emphasizes India's need to adapt any available AI model to meet its specific requirements while ensuring continued functionality without external control.
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In AI, India’s choice needn’t be between a US leash or Chinese hook
What matters most is the ability to take any AI model – American or Chinese – make it serve Indian needs, prove it works and keep it running
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Dhruv Atreja is head of AI research at Fastino Labs in New York, where he has led post-training collaborations with leading US technology companies, working with open-weight models from American and Chinese developers.
On June 12, two of the world’s most capable artificial intelligence models went dark.
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two → matter → models
An American export directive barred foreigners from using Anthropic’s two flagship AI models, and because the company could not check every user’s nationality, it switched them off.
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it → bar → them
Access returned on July 1 but the warning is clear: India’s AI future can be switched off from Washington.
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future → return → Washington
In September, Beijing came calling.
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Beijing → call → September
At the Brics summit in New Delhi, Chinese President Xi Jinping promised China would “be a pioneer in establishing a Brics AI open-source community”.
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China → promise → community
Chinese open models are capable, cheap and free to adapt; once downloaded, no one in Washington can take them away.
But this is a choice between a leash and a hook.
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this → adapt → leash
American access can be yanked away overnight.
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access → yank → ?
Chinese models cannot be switched off once downloaded, but they arrive with Beijing’s sensitivities built in.
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sensitivities → switch → ?
Asked whether Arunachal Pradesh is an Indian state, DeepSeek’s chatbot declined to answer.
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chatbot → ask → ?
No country of 1.4 billion people should run its banks, courts and public services on either.
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country → run → either
Delhi’s response so far has been to chase size.
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response → chase → size
Start-up Sarvam AI plans to build a trillion-parameter model; so does state-backed BharatGen.
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BharatGen → plan → model
The government is reportedly exploring an anchor investment of up to 200 billion rupees (US$2.08 billion) in a new frontier AI fund, on top of the 103.7 billion rupees the “IndiaAI Mission” approved in 2024.
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Mission → explore → 2024
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