With a Frugal AI Strategy, India Offers Blueprint for Developing World - The Wall Street Journal

With a Frugal AI Strategy, India Offers Blueprint for Developing World  The Wall Street Journal

As US focuses on perfecting AI models, China wants to become better AI adopters

The Chinese AI company DeepSeek shocked markets last year with a high-quality, low-cost model. It's now become clearer that China and the U.S. are running two different AI races.

By John Ruwitch

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu: This is going to be the norm in India where a lot of …

Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu states India is adopting a practical AI approach, focusing on efficient, cost-effective smaller models tailored to local needs. He believes India's young population is the most AI-enthusiastic globally, driving rapid adoption and creating new opportunities. Vembu also anticipates AI will create new jobs, requiring software engineers to focus more on customer problem-solving.

By TOI TECH DESK