‘Developers, language diversity make India crucial for Google’s future’
NEW DELHI : Mountain View, California: India's rich tapestry of languages is emerging as a significant driving force behind future advancements in mainstream artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, according to Josh Woodward, vice president and global head of Google's innovation engine, Google Labs. Woodward said India may be paving the way for integrating diverse linguistic datasets into AI systems, thereby unlocking new possibilities in revolutionizing AI technologies. For instance, a state-backed initiative, such as the Bhashini project, which is spearheading efforts to harness the potential of the 22 official Indian languages, could be a major catalyst.
Bhashini is spearheading efforts to harness the potential of all 22 official Indian languages. “Innovation in AI could be country-specific, and not just global. There is a platform shift happening to move AI into a general purpose technology.
This will happen around the world, but some specific cases can be seen in, say, Gemma—our open AI model," Woodward said in an interview with Mint on the sidelines of the company’s annual conference, Google I/O. Also Read: India well positioned to leap ahead of developed worlds with AI: Sundar Pichai "That’s an area where India’s language diversity and richness makes it very unique. Here, India can take a general purpose model and customize it into 15 Indic languages in a hybrid AI approach.
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