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Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of 'ITU WCSA 2024', Akash Ambani also pitched for providing other incentives, including power, to Indian companies willing to set up data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Let us also tell you what else he said.
Akash Ambani, chairman of the country's largest telecom company Reliance Jio, said on Tuesday that the data of Indian users should remain in the country. Ambani also advocated providing other incentives, including power, to Indian companies willing to set up data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Speaking at the inauguration of 'ITU WCSA 2024' here, Ambani described AI as a revolutionary tool to bring major changes in every sector including healthcare, education, agriculture and manufacturing. He emphasized that AI is very important to achieve India's goal of becoming a developed nation by 2047.
Why is AI important?
Ambani said in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that AI is very important to realize the dream of a developed India by 2047. Therefore, under your leadership, India should immediately adopt AI with maximum self-reliance. He said that Reliance Jio is making every possible effort to bring the benefits of AI to every Indian everywhere, as it did in the case of mobile broadband. We are committed to delivering the benefits of AI by providing powerful AI models and services at affordable rates to everyone in India,” Ambani said.
AI will change everything
Describing AI as a revolutionary tool, he said that it will completely change every aspect of life, every aspect of society and every sector of the economy. Highlighting the potential for transformation in sectors like manufacturing, education and agriculture, he said this would usher in a new era of efficiency. On the power and potential of Artificial Intelligence, he said that AI has the potential to completely transform the manufacturing sector including SMEs.
This demand was made to the government
Ambani further said that Jio is laying the foundation of national AI infrastructure. The scale and pace of multilingual data production in India will increase rapidly. He said that we request the government to expedite the redesign of the draft Data Center Policy 2020. Indian data should remain only in Indian data centres. He suggested that Indian companies wishing to set up AI and machine learning data centers should get all necessary incentives, including power consumption.