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Why it matters
India proposes AI plan that sends models to data instead of moving data
The Register AI India floats AI plan under which ‘The model travels to the data, rather than the data travelling to the model’
India has floated an AI plan in which models travel to where data is stored, aiming for more local AI without giving Big Tech open access to the data.
Why it matters
It points to a possible approach for keeping sensitive national data inside the country while still allowing AI to be built on it.
Latest brief · Nov 2, 2026