MeitY Asks Ministries To Hold Off On OpenAI, Anthropic Models For Cybersecurity: Report

A department under the IT ministry (MeitY) has reportedly asked central ministries to hold off on deploying AI models developed by OpenAI and Anthropic for cybersecurity and related functions. The direction came after representatives of the two US-based AI companies approached several ministries with proposals to deploy their models, ThePrint reported, citing an office memorandum. It remains unclear how many ministries were approached or at what level the meetings took place.