Govt’s AI advisory will not apply to startups: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on Monday that the government’s advisory on large language models will not apply to startups and only to “significant platforms”. He was reacting to an Economic Times story published Monday on how start-ups are concerned about the government’s missive to get permission before launching new AI models.

Chandrashekhar on microblogging site X said, “Recent advisory of @GoI_MeitY needs to be understood. Advisory is aimed at the Significant platforms and permission seeking from Meity is only for large platforms and will not apply to startups.”