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Why the world should stop obsessing over LLMs

Nandan Nilekani, interviewed by Mehboob Jeelani and Itika Sharma Punit

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Original interview · access and infrastructure perspective
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Rest of World
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Interview consulted on 23 October 2026
Source date
21 July 2025
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23 October 2026
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Linked original; no full text reproduced.

Original interview, edited for clarity and brevity. Nilekani is an Infosys cofounder and supports AI4Bharat. His preference for local-language access and task-specific models is an attributed position, not a benchmark result or a voice for all of India. No separate validity period has been established for the finding.

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Questions about useful applications, local languages, model size and AI4Bharat

Original interview, edited for clarity and brevity. Nilekani is an Infosys cofounder and supports AI4Bharat. His preference for local-language access and task-specific models is an attributed position, not a benchmark result or a voice for all of India.

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Supports this claim:Who benefits is partly a design and institutional choice