New Delhi, Oct. 6 -- India should focus on expanding the use of existing artificial intelligence applications across the economy and selectively invest in frontier AI capabilities instead of making broad investments in developing advanced models from scratch, Vincent Belinga, Senior Economist at the World Bank, told ANI in an exclusive conversation.

Belinga said India should follow a three-stage approach to AI development: adoption, adaptation and frontier development.

"One is adoption, meaning using existing application. The second is adaptation, meaning taking open source AI and adapting them to local conditions. And then the third stage is frontier model, meaning developing the next capability from scratch," Belinga said.

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