OpenAI, Meta in talks with Reliance Industries for AI partnerships in India: Report
New Delhi: In a move to expand their Artificial Intelligence (AI) offerings in India, OpenAI and Meta Platforms are reportedly in discussions with Reliance Industries regarding potential partnerships.
According to a report from The Information, cited by Reuters, OpenAI has discussed with employees the possibility of lowering the subscription price for its ChatGPT service, potentially reducing the monthly fee from $20 to a few dollars. However, it remains unclear whether OpenAI has directly discussed such pricing changes with Reliance.
Sources familiar to the matter mentioned that a possibility is being explored involving a relationship between Reliance Jio and OpenAI to distribute ChatGPT.
As part of the discussions, Reliance Industries has reportedly proposed selling OpenAI’s models to its enterprise customers via an Application Programming Interface (API). According to the report, the Mukesh Ambani-led conglomerate has expressed interest in hosting and running OpenAI's models locally in India, which would ensure the privacy and security of Indian data.
Additionally, Reliance has discussed running the Meta and OpenAI models in a three-gigawatt data center that the company is planning to build, which it claims will be the largest data center in the world, located in Gujarat’s Jamnagar.
While Meta declined to comment on The Information report, OpenAI and Reliance have not yet responded to requests for comment on the report.
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'Someone must be held accountable': HC converts civil suit on Goa nightclub tragedy into PIL
Panaji (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Monday converted a civil suit against Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) saying "someone has to be held accountable" for the tragedy in which 25 people were killed.In a stern observation, Goa bench of the High Court of Justices Sarang Kotwal and Ashish Chavan said the local panchayat had "failed to take suo motu cognisance" of the club and had taken "no action despite complaints."
The division bench directed the Goa government to file a detailed reply on the permissions granted to the nightclub.
The High Court, while fixing January 8 as the next date of hearing, pointed out that commercial operations were continuing in the structure despite it having been served a demolition order.
The original petition was filed after the December 6 tragedy by Pradeep Ghadi Amonkar and Sunil Divkar, the owners of the land on which the nightclub was operating.
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Advocate Rohit Bras de Sa, the lawyer representing the petitioner, was made amicus curiae in the matter and has been asked to file a detailed affidavit in the matter.
In their petition, Amonkar and Divkar highlighted "the alarming pattern of statutory violations that have remained inadequately addressed despite multiple complaints, inspections, show-cause notices, and even a demolition order".
They contended that these violations posed "immediate threats to public safety, ecological integrity, and the rule of law in the state of Goa."
Investigations by multiple agencies into the nightclub fire have revealed various irregularities, including lack of permissions to operate the nightclub.
The Goa police arrested five managers and staff members of the club, while co-owners Gaurav Luthra and Saurabh Luthra have been detained in Thailand after they fled the country.
