In New Delhi, OpenAI, maker of ChatG, is committed to supporting the application development initiative of the IndiaAI mission, a senior executive of the company said on Wednesday, highlighting that concrete use cases of Artificial Intelligence (AI) are emerging in the country in areas such as agriculture, healthcare and education.
OpenAI keeps India in mind in important decisions being made, said company vice president Srinivas Narayanan, supporting India's AI mission.
Speaking at the 'IndiaAI Global Summit', Narayanan said India's AI Mission is a "shining example" not just for the Global South but for the entire world, of end-to-end public investment in Generative AI.
Narayanan, who leads OpenAI's engineering efforts, including ChatG and API (the development platform), said the company's senior management has been visiting the country from time to time, participating in various forums and events here and "keeping up." up to date" with the developments taking place in India. .
"We keep India in mind in any important decision we take," he said.
ChatGPT, launched about a year and a half ago, was initially considered a quiet research breakthrough, but over the past 18 months it has proven to be transformative, impacting people's lives in ways never before imagined.
AI is being used in many new industries in India and around the world.
Narayanan spoke at length about the ways in which India is leveraging AI, highlighting its use cases in agriculture, education and healthcare.
AI has already added speed to an already dynamic business ecosystem in India, he noted.
"Entrepreneurs understand the gaps in the market, they are creating innovative products and tools like ChatG are helping them accelerate this in completely new ways," he said, adding "we are reducing the cost of intelligence, allowing developers to write code and helping them to completely create conversational and natural interfaces for computing.
“So this journey, from focusing on tasks and jobs to bold startups and national missions, is truly inspiring,” he said.
OpenAI is committed to supporting India's AI mission application development initiative to ensure that Indian developers can leverage their models and deliver social benefits at scale, Narayanan said.
“We are really looking to continue the conversation with the Ministry (IT Ministry) and assess where we could add the most value,” he said.
Citing concrete use cases of AI in India, he said that in agriculture, new-age technology is enabling more support to farmers in rural communities, while in education, offering personalized learning at scale is a " great opportunity".
In this context, he mentioned the NGO Digital Green, which has developed a chatbot called farmer chat (based on GPT4) to offer farmers relevant information and advice. In education, he said companies like Physics Wallah are leveraging products like ChatG to offer personalized test prep to millions of people.
"The latest shining example is the IndiaAI Mission itself, and it is a great example not just in the global south, but around the world, of what an end-to-end public investment in generative AI could entail," he said.
OpenAI has learned a lot about India, he said, adding that the company reduced costs following feedback from developers and worked to improve language support across all its models.
“We are really committed to learning more from India and we are already delivering,” he said, mentioning that the company has a new head of policy and partnerships in India.
OpenAI wants Artificial Intelligence to be aligned with fundamental human values, and security is at the center of its mission.
"We want to maximize the benefits while reducing the harms, and to do this work we have a great opportunity to build new institutions that... establish international order and cooperation in much the same way that the world came together in the last century in many areas such as finance, health and the environment," he stated.
According to the OpenAI executive, India has a unique approach to making AI beneficial to people through initiatives like Digital Public Infrastructure, which has created transformative offerings like UPI.
"...India has an essential leadership role to play in developing these institutions and leading the beneficial adoption of AI," Narayanan said.
OpenAI keeps India in mind in important decisions being made, said company vice president Srinivas Narayanan, supporting India's AI mission.
Speaking at the 'IndiaAI Global Summit', Narayanan said India's AI Mission is a "shining example" not just for the Global South but for the entire world, of end-to-end public investment in Generative AI.
Narayanan, who leads OpenAI's engineering efforts, including ChatG and API (the development platform), said the company's senior management has been visiting the country from time to time, participating in various forums and events here and "keeping up." up to date" with the developments taking place in India. .
"We keep India in mind in any important decision we take," he said.
ChatGPT, launched about a year and a half ago, was initially considered a quiet research breakthrough, but over the past 18 months it has proven to be transformative, impacting people's lives in ways never before imagined.
AI is being used in many new industries in India and around the world.
Narayanan spoke at length about the ways in which India is leveraging AI, highlighting its use cases in agriculture, education and healthcare.
AI has already added speed to an already dynamic business ecosystem in India, he noted.
"Entrepreneurs understand the gaps in the market, they are creating innovative products and tools like ChatG are helping them accelerate this in completely new ways," he said, adding "we are reducing the cost of intelligence, allowing developers to write code and helping them to completely create conversational and natural interfaces for computing.
“So this journey, from focusing on tasks and jobs to bold startups and national missions, is truly inspiring,” he said.
OpenAI is committed to supporting India's AI mission application development initiative to ensure that Indian developers can leverage their models and deliver social benefits at scale, Narayanan said.
“We are really looking to continue the conversation with the Ministry (IT Ministry) and assess where we could add the most value,” he said.
Citing concrete use cases of AI in India, he said that in agriculture, new-age technology is enabling more support to farmers in rural communities, while in education, offering personalized learning at scale is a " great opportunity".
In this context, he mentioned the NGO Digital Green, which has developed a chatbot called farmer chat (based on GPT4) to offer farmers relevant information and advice. In education, he said companies like Physics Wallah are leveraging products like ChatG to offer personalized test prep to millions of people.
"The latest shining example is the IndiaAI Mission itself, and it is a great example not just in the global south, but around the world, of what an end-to-end public investment in generative AI could entail," he said.
OpenAI has learned a lot about India, he said, adding that the company reduced costs following feedback from developers and worked to improve language support across all its models.
“We are really committed to learning more from India and we are already delivering,” he said, mentioning that the company has a new head of policy and partnerships in India.
OpenAI wants Artificial Intelligence to be aligned with fundamental human values, and security is at the center of its mission.
"We want to maximize the benefits while reducing the harms, and to do this work we have a great opportunity to build new institutions that... establish international order and cooperation in much the same way that the world came together in the last century in many areas such as finance, health and the environment," he stated.
According to the OpenAI executive, India has a unique approach to making AI beneficial to people through initiatives like Digital Public Infrastructure, which has created transformative offerings like UPI.
"...India has an essential leadership role to play in developing these institutions and leading the beneficial adoption of AI," Narayanan said.
