During their visit to India last month, Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at After Meta, and Jensen Huang, the CEO of NVIDIA, made a strong case for the country’s potential in the field of AI. Following in their footsteps, Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI, also decided to showcase the capabilities of Copilot, Microsoft’s AI companion, to the Indian audience. Suleyman was impressed by Copilot’s ability to provide information on the weather and GDP of Bengaluru, even before his first visit to India.
At the Building AI Companions for India event, Suleyman and the Microsoft team demonstrated the importance of building AI models in India and finding the right use cases for them. Puneet Chandok, the president of Microsoft India and South Asia, highlighted how Microsoft is helping Indian companies build AI products. He mentioned that Infosys and Cognizant are among the many companies that are using Copilot extensively.
Suleyman also talked about the upcoming Copilot products that will revolutionize the way Indians interact with AI companions. He emphasized the importance of building AI in India and praised the talented engineers and developers working in Microsoft’s AI teams in Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
In a fireside chat with S Krishnan, the secretary of the Indian government’s MeitY, Suleyman discussed Microsoft’s collaborative efforts with specialists from diverse fields to build AI systems that align with human values. Krishnan also mentioned the IndiaAI Mission and Bhashini, which aim to adapt AI systems to be practical and useful for specific sectors in India.
Suleyman’s vision of democratizing knowledge through AI resonates with the idea of making India the AI use case capital of the world. He also highlighted the importance of voice as the ultimate way to make AI tools accessible to people in India, with its diverse languages and cultures. In conclusion, Suleyman’s visit to India showcased Microsoft’s commitment to building AI in the country and its potential to transform various industries and sectors.
