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Microsoft ’s prescient bets andaggressive investments in AIhave propelled the software titan to become the globe ’s most valuable caller . Yet Satya Nadella , its typically reserved primary executive , could n’t hold out landing a gloved jab at the rest of the industry .
“ We have the best simulation today … even with all the hype , one twelvemonth after , GPT4 is good , ” Nadella enunciate at a company event in Mumbai on Wednesday . “ We are wait for the competition to arrive . It will come , I ’m sure , but the fact [ is ] that we have the … leading LLM out there . ”
Nadella ’s rare bit of reality - check came as hepitchedMicrosoft ’s more and more powerful lineup of AI offerings to the leader of some of India ’s largest company . In a 35 - minute keynote address , Nadella implored businesses to begin explore means to deploy AI to boost productivity and refine their products , while urging them not to fall behind .
The Microsoft executive exhort India to rage up its movement and pore on AI . “ This new capacity , AI , is go to have an impact on GDP , ” he said .
Born in India , Nadella said the South Asiatic Carry Nation has already become the second largest natural endowment base for AI developer on GitHub . Puneet Chandok , whoquit a top theatrical role at AWS India last yearto fall in Microsoft to lead the society ’s India and South Asia business , added : “ India is not just unbelievable any longer . We are believable as well . India is starting to dream big , and going after this ambition like our lives depend on it . ”
The ship’s company also announced that it will put up AI skilling opportunities to 2 million Indians in smaller cities and townsfolk by next year . “ I go for consensus emerge and that is what really help , in some sense , ( with ) the diffusion of this technology , ” he aver of the socio - economic progress .
“ This is first time I feel what is happening in India and the residual of the world there is no gap . If anything , the exercise cases here are so unique and paving their own path , ” Nadella added .
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One such unique offer , Nadella by and by highlighted , is Karya , an “ ethical data point company ” that creates datasets in multiple Amerindic oral communication to educate AI models while providing jobs and education to hoi polloi in rural field .
Great to be in India this week meeting with changemakers like the squad at Karya , who are doing the critical work of building high - quality datasets for AI — and expanding economical opportunity at the same time.https://t.co/jJUDjnBUEo
— Satya Nadella ( @satyanadella)February 7 , 2024
