ET WLF 2024: India has brAIght future, can power global innovations, says Microsoft Asia president Ahmed Mazhari
India has the potential to power the global artificial intelligence (AI) innovations, Microsoft Asia president Ahmed Mazhari said on Saturday. «We feel confident that India will power the AI innovation of the world because we have the skill base, the expertise and the desire to innovate at scale, and Microsoft is committed to that acceleration,» he said.
Years ago, India became synonymous with creating patents and as the knowledge services capital of the world, he said, and with AI, there are going to be immense opportunities for the country.
Mazhari spoke about various initiatives of Microsoft in AI that are currently operational in India.
A large population of the country still depends on agriculture as their main source of livelihood, he said, adding that the people are dependent on weather patterns, soil composition, crop yield and what they make of crop yield. «We are working exclusively with some of these farming communities to drive at the core, the opportunity to transform. We would see new opportunities for crop management. We are doing an exciting project in Baramati on AI and using AI to drive farm productivity and ensure that farmers get much better yield.»
Then, there is the Bhashini initiative, executed through the company's cloud computing platform Azure, which is aimed at ensuring inclusion through languages. Similarly, the Jugalbandi app, which was created within 100 days of GPT being launched in India, enables rural farmers to access subsidies. «These are various examples that point to the core
