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Sam Altman, Ashwini Vaishnaw discuss collaboration as AI race hots up

The OpenAI CEO is currently on a whirlwind multi-country tour that started this week

IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks with OpenAI's Sam Altman to discuss AI collab | Photo: X
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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw speaks with OpenAI's Sam Altman to discuss AI collab | Photo: X

Aashish Aryan New Delhi

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India has become the second-largest market (after the US) for OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, with its user base growing thrice over in 2024. The pecking order was revealed by OpenAI chief executive officer Sam Altman during a fireside chat with Union Minister of Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi on Wednesday. Vaishnaw, who also had a closed-door meeting with Altman, indicated in a social media post that India would collaborate with OpenAI on several fronts to develop an AI ecosystem.               
Altman, 39, was on a flying visit to India as