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Leap of faith: Adopting AI to level up<\/a><\/p>\n

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By Srinath Srinivasan<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the last two years, the Indian government has made far-reaching announcements in the field of technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI), which were also key highlights of the last two Union Budgets. Last week, the government took another initiative to promote AI. At the virtual global AI summit \u2018Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE 2020)\u2019, large corporations aligned with government bodies such as Niti Aayog to propagate new business segments resulting out of developments in AI and new skilling initiatives for the masses.<\/p>\n

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In terms of skilling, some ambitious plans were laid out by large corporations and the government. IBM CEO Arvind Krishna said through its \u2018STEM for girls\u2019 initiative, it is teaching nearly 80,000 girls across India on how to code and model AI algorithms. \u201cOur goal is to reach 2,00,000 students by 2022,\u201d he said. According to him to, AI is also capable of improving learning outcomes and student-teacher ratio in classrooms. \u201cWe can automate marking and record-keeping for teachers in a way that it will save a lot of time and effort,\u201d he added. \u201cFurther, in July, we collaborated with the Central Board of Secondary Education to integrate AI in high school curriculum.\u201d<\/p>\n

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