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INNOVATING TO BE A GLOBAL AI LEADER

BY 2026, THE DIGITAL ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO ACCOUNT FOR 20 PER CENT OF INDIA’S GDP. AI WILL BE A KINETIC ENABLER OF THIS

Artificial Intelligence, as we know it, has sharply evolved in the last 12-18 months. Recent advancements in generative AI and availability of sophisticated multi-billion parameter models has brought AI to real-life applications ranging from search to language translation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at the Kashi Tamil Sangamam that featured real-time translation of his Hindi speech into Tamil represents how far AI has come in a short time. AI is probably the most significant invention of our times and promises to be even more disruptive and transformational than the arrival of the Internet.

I have a long-standing interest in AI and so may be excused for some of the passionate advocacy. Some

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