India, Nov. 12 -- ChatGPT maker OpenAI has introduced local inference and data processing for its APIs in India, adding to its efforts to expand the commercialisation of ChatGPT in its largest market.

For context, local data inferencing allows businesses to ensure that both API requests and the computing required to generate responses take place within India for supported workloads. It is initially available for the GPT-6 Luna model and extends OpenAI's existing data residency options in the country.

OpenAI's India enterprise head Nitin Bawankule pointed out that local inference gives businesses greater control over where their data is processed and could help more organisations move from experimenting with AI to deploying it in their d...