“India should reply to Sam Altman of OpenAI”: MP Raghav Chadha
Aam Aadmi Social gathering (AAP) member of parliament (MP) Raghav Chadha raised the subject of synthetic intelligence (AI) on Tuesday, calling for India to rebuke OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman, who allegedly referred to India’s potential in AI as “hopeless”.
Chadha, an MP from Punjab, was talking within the higher home (Rajya Sabha) on Tuesday, whereby he questioned Indian authorities’s stance on AI when in comparison with nations like U.S. and China which have lately launched their indigenous AI fashions like ChatGPT, Gemini, GrokAI and DeepSeek.
“When OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman was requested about India’s potential in AI, he dismissed it calling it hopeless. I feel the time has come for India to rebuke Sam Altman and show that India isn’t just a client of AI but additionally a producer,” mentioned Chadha.
Again in 2023, Altman had referred to India’s efforts in AI as hopeless. Nonetheless, lately in 2025, Altman visited India and extremely praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his efforts in AI sector.
Chadha additionally questioned the federal government’s initiatives over AI and whether or not India is lagging behind on this race for AI world dominance. He additionally known as for a “Make AI in India” method.
“AI is extra essential for way forward for India. America has its personal AI instruments like ChatGPT, Gemini and Grok which are indigenous fashions. Even China has fashions like DeepSeek that are extra superior in expertise and options. The place is India on this AI world? Is India falling behind? Can’t India create its personal generative AI mannequin?,” requested MP Chadha to Deputy Speaker Harivansh Narayan Singh in the home on Tuesday.
Chadha spoke on the poor illustration of India on the subject of AI patents previously one decade. He additionally acknowledged that US and China have a head begin in AI.
“From 2010-2022, among the many AI patents which were registered, US has 60% share and China has 20%. Regardless of India being fifth largest financial system, our share is simply 0.5% in AI patents. It’s true that U.S. and China have had a head begin in AI for the previous 4-5 years, nevertheless it’s as a result of they’ve invested in analysis, academia, and AI improvement,” mentioned Chadha.
He additionally lamented that regardless of having expertise for AI in Indian college students, the federal government is just not in a position to make use of that potential.
“It’s mentioned that globally Indian inhabitants accounts for 15% share in AI workforce, which is 4.5 lakh Indian AI professionals who’re working for international nations. India ranks third globally in AI penetration abilities. This implies India has potential, hardworking individuals, brainpower and a functioning digital financial system with web penetration for over 900 million individuals. However immediately, India has turn into a client of AI and never a producer of AI,” mentioned Chadha.
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