Karnataka govt, Anthropic discuss long-term AI partnership across key sectors

Karnataka Chief Minister D K Shivakumar on Thursday, August 6, held talks with a delegation from AI major Anthropic on forging a long-term partnership.
The proposed collaboration aims to accelerate the adoption of artificial intelligence across governance, higher education, healthcare, research and the state's startup ecosystem.
Shivakumar, along with Minister for Electronics, IT/BT and Home Priyank Kharge, met the Anthropic delegation as part of the state's efforts to engage global AI leaders in building Karnataka's artificial intelligence ecosystem, the CMO said in a release.
The discussions centred on deploying applied AI solutions for government and enterprise use cases, with emphasis on the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence while ensuring data privacy and data sovereignty, it said.
The CM outlined Karnataka's vision of building a comprehensive AI ecosystem anchored by the proposed AI University, large-scale skilling initiatives and support for deep-tech innovation.
Both sides discussed introducing AI-focused certification programmes, such as Claude certification, under the state's NIPUNA skill development initiative to create one of the country's largest pools of AI-certified talent, the release said.
The talks covered the use of AI in healthcare and life sciences, as well as its application in scientific research in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Science.
The Anthropic delegation expressed interest in supporting AI-driven research and skilling programmes in higher education, it said.
Another key area of discussion was enterprise AI adoption, with emphasis on data residency and ensuring that sovereign government data is stored on servers within the state.
The state government reiterated its "government first" policy and proposed securely opening government datasets to facilitate the development of innovative AI-powered public solutions, the release said.
The meeting explored the creation of department-wise working groups to identify AI applications across e-governance, the Home Department and other government agencies.