Tag: AI
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India needs to reskill workforce for AI: Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan
By Bhavana Akella, Bengaluru : With new technologies disrupting businesses and changing the rules of engagement, India faces a daunting task to reskill its huge workforce for Artificial Intelligence (AI), Infosys co-founder Kris Gopalakrishnan says. “India has a major challenge of transitioning its young workforce to the fourth industrial revolution called AI after the eras…
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We want to bring Artificial Intelligence to aam aadmi: Lenovo
By Gokul Bhagabati, New Delhi : With Artificial Intelligence (AI) catching the imagination of all and sundry but its implementation being largely restricted to a few global giants, Chinese technology major Lenovo says it has put in place a system that allows even organisations with limited means to leverage the power of AI. AI is…
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In an era of productivity slowdown, India has entered AI arena at perfect time
By Amit Kapoor, The current global economy is caught in a major paradox. We live in a world where systems using artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and automation are matching or exceeding human performance in more and more domains. Yet, global productivity levels have been stagnant since the economic crisis of 2008. The global total factor…
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NITI Aayog releases national strategy on AI, identifies 5 focus areas
New Delhi : NITI Aayog has identified five sectors — healthcare, agriculture, education, smart cities and infrastructure and transportation — to focus its efforts towards implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) to serve societal needs. The government’s think-tank on Monday unveiled its discussion paper on national strategy on AI which aims to guide research and development…
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Why India needs AI to work for agriculture, healthcare and education (Tech Trend)
By Nishant Arora, Seattle (Washington) : While the Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is making its presence felt across the spectrum globally, India needs to prioritise AI-based predictive analysis to improve outcomes in three core areas — agriculture, healthcare and education, a top Microsoft executive has emphasised. The initial results in India are promising and if…
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Why you shouldn’t be trying to persuade a robot that you should get the job
By Arnav Joshi, While much of the world is busy worrying about losing jobs to automation in the future (and this is overstated), what has crept past for over a decade is that automated systems (to most, Artificial Intelligence, or AI) already play a major role in whether or not — and how — we…
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Huawei to showcase world’s 1st smartphone-driven car
Barcelona : In a first, Huawei has unveiled a technology that uses Artificial Intelligence-enabled smartphone to drive a car that can not only identify objects on the road but take smart decisions to avoid collisions or hitting someone. In a video released by the China-based technology giant, the driverless Porsche Panamera is controlled by Huawei’s…