Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision around artificial intelligence (AI) and how he is pushing tech leaders to use it to address the most-pressing issues on the ground, Google is not only making a robust investment in AI in India but also looking forward to infusing more capital in the country, Alphabet and Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, has said.
Speaking on the sidelines of the CEOs roundtable with PM Modi here, Pichai said that he is overwhelmed at the Prime Minister's focus on transforming the country with 'Digital India' vision. "PM Modi has pushed us to continue making in India and designing in India. We are proud to now manufacture our Pixel phones in India.". He's really thinking about how AI can transform the country in a way that is going to be beneficial to the people, said Pichai. The Indian-origin tech leader said they have been challenged by PM Modi to think about creating apps in healthcare, education, agriculture, infrastructure, data centers, power and energy, etc., to ensure India can become a developed nation.
"We are going very aggressively in AI in India and we look forward to doing much more. We have set several programmes in partnership with MeitY, agriculture and health ministries and the central and state governments," said the Google CEO, adding that the tech giant intends to do much more in India. "PM Modi has always challenged all of us to do much more for India". Now, he wants the same thing from AI. He has pretty well articulated the opportunities that AI would present and how it would help the people, said Pichai.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the top CEOs in technology and biosciences after setting out his vision of making India a technology superpower at a diaspora rally. After meeting with 15 CEOs from chip design and manufacturing, IT, and biosciences fields, he posted on X that he was "glad to see immense optimism towards India". Meanwhile, Pichai has just announced a $120 million 'Global AI Opportunity Fund' that will "make AI education and training available in communities around the world". Speaking here at the 'UN Summit of the Future', Pichai said, "growing up in Chennai, India with my family, the introduction of new technology improved our lives in real ways".
"The single technology that changed my life the most was the computer, though. When I was growing up, I didn't have much access to one. Coming to graduate school in the US, it was just mind-blowing to have labs full of machines and be able to use them anytime I wanted. Access to computing inspired me to pursue a career where I can bring technology to more people," he said.
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