New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- As countries compete to build ever larger AI models, India is choosing a different path. "We are not.into the race for artificial general intelligence (AGI)," said Abhishek Singh, chief executive officer of the IndiaAI Mission, in an interview with HT, laying out a pragmatic vision for the country's AI strategy ahead of the AI Impact Summit.

AGI refers to hypothetical AI systems that are capable of performing any intellectual task a human can, rather than being limited to specific functions. Globally, all major AI labs like OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, Meta AI (FAIR), Microsoft AI, and xAI are racing to build increasingly powerful systems, pouring billions into larger models and computing infrastructure in pur...