New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) India is showing the world how fast artificial intelligence can move from ideas to real-life solutions, especially for farmers and the rural economy, Nandan Nilekani said on Thursday during a CEO roundtable.He credited the leadership and vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for enabling rapid AI adoption aimed at improving the lives of ordinary citizens.Nilekani recalled his meeting with the Prime Minister on January 8, when the discussion focused on applying AI in agr…
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New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) At the India AI Impact Summit, Co‑founder of Infosys Nandan Nilekani on Thursday urged stakeholders to work urgently to demonstrate meaningful uses of artificial intelligence and ensure its responsible diffusion, warning that failure to do so could cause a backlash.Nilekani said AI development is currently seeing both a “race to the top and a race to the bottom,” adding that the latter is faster. “All of us, who have a stake in AI being useful to humanity, have t…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Bengaluru-based AI startup Sarvam AI on Wednesday unveiled two new large language models as part of India’s push to build sovereign artificial intelligence capabilities. The announcement was made at the India AI Impact Summit here, where the company said both models have been trained from scratch using a mixture-of-experts (MoE) architecture to improve efficiency and performance.The first model, called Sarvam 30B, has 30 billion parameters. However, the company said th…
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) As Artificial Intelligence (AI) reshapes economies and societies worldwide, India is positioning itself at the centre of the global AI conversation with the India–AI Impact Summit 2026 — highlighting its vision of inclusive and sustainable technological growth, a report has said.AI is rapidly transforming India’s economy and is projected to add more than $500 billion to the country’s GDP by 2035, according to Geopolitico report.Over the past few years, the governm…
Bengaluru, Feb 17 (IANS) Nandan Nilekani, Co‑founder and Chairman of Infosys, said on Tuesday that artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally change how software is built and deployed, adding that writing code will no longer be the primary job for technology professionals.Addressing the Infosys’ Investor Day, Nilekani described the AI transition as a “root‑and‑branch” change that requires firms to rethink customer journeys, business processes and organisational structures rather…