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Comment by NITI Aayog

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While the modalities of funding and mandate for this #AIforAll should be the subject of further deliberations, the proposed centre should ideally be funded by a mix of government funding and contributions from large companies pursuing AI (GAFAM, BATX etc.). Where should this centre be located? Nowhere and everywhere. While the CERN had the requirements of physical facilities such as the Large Hadron Collider, #AIforAll could be distributed across different regions and countries. The Government of India, through NITI Aayog, can be the coordinating agency for initial funding and setting up the requisite mandates and human and computing resources.
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Create a global institute for AI, similar to CERN
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AI Verified The quote directly discusses establishing a proposed global AI centre (#AIforAll), including its funding, mandate, location, and governance, and explicitly compares it to CERN. That makes the author's supportive position on creating a CERN-like global AI institute clear. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly backs the idea of a CERN-like AI centre, calling it a "proposed centre," discussing how it "should ideally be funded," and saying "#AIforAll could be distributed across different regions and countries." · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
The CERN for AI should have a central hub in one location
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AI Verified The quote directly addresses the full statement’s core claim about having a single central location: it asks 'Where should this centre be located?' and answers 'Nowhere and everywhere,' then says it 'could be distributed across different regions and countries,' clearly rejecting a central hub in one location. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
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AI Verified The quote says the centre should be located "Nowhere and everywhere" and "could be distributed across different regions and countries," which clearly opposes a single central hub in one location. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago

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AI Verified Verified. NITI Aayog’s official publication page lists the 2018 report “National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence,” and the official PDF contains the quoted passage verbatim on PDF page 61, lines 1882–1888, including “Where should this centre be located? Nowhere and everywhere.” The attribution to NITI Aayog is therefore correct; an official NITI source confirms it even if the Scribd copy is not used. ([niti.gov.in](https://www.niti.gov.in/sites/default/files/2019-01/NationalStrategy-for-AI-Discussion-Paper.pdf)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Unverifiable Source URL on Scribd returns 403 to WebFetch. Multiple alternative URLs (niti.gov.in, indiaai.gov.in, academia.edu) for the 2018 NITI Aayog National Strategy for AI Discussion Paper also blocked. Web searches confirm the document exists and uses #AIforAll branding, with two-tier institutional structure (CORE and ICTAI) consistent with the quote's substance of a distributed approach, but I could not directly verify the exact wording "Nowhere and everywhere" or the GAFAM/BATX phrasing. The "against" vote on a single central hub is consistent with the distributed philosophy described. Year is 2018; no more recent comparable NITI Aayog quote on hub centralisation was found in my searches. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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