From AI to digital infrastructure, making high-tech work for India

The Budget's thrust on AI, 5G and data embassies promises to usher in a wider, data-driven digital infrastructure

On a recent visit to India, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was bowled over by the way technology, especially artificial intelligence (AI), was being used in the country. He especially highlighted Bhashini, an initiative which aims to make multiple Indian languages accessible via translation.

The Digital India Bhashini portal is a public digital platform on which 260 open-source API-based AI models are available for speech-to-text conversion, machine translation, and text-to-speech conversion in 11 Indian languages and English. Bhashini is also an apt example of what Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech -- “Make AI work for India”.

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