India is presently the battleground for AI and the industry’s biggest stalwarts are gearing up to draw you in their camp. The idea is simple – get you used to AI and then encourage you to subscribe to monthly AI plans, integrating these advanced bots and agents to make your life a tad easier. Google, OpenAI, and Perplexity have gone aggressive with their strategies, drawing from Reliance Jio’s idea of giving a free trial to users.

This intense competition, however, is raising serious concerns among policy experts and domestic industry advocates regarding India’s long-term tech sovereignty.

Major US AI companies, including Meta AI and xAI Grok, are leveraging India’s vast linguistic diversity and a large price-sensitive user base as a vital testing ground as well as a key source for train

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