Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi Hails India AI Impact Summit As Global Turning Point
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today exuded pride that the India AI Impact Summit has proved to be a turning point in the trajectory of how the world will utilize the power of AI in the future. Addressing the nation in his Mann Ki Baat programme on Akashvani, the Prime Minister highlighted that leaders from many countries, industry leaders, innovators, and people associated with the Start-up sector came together at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi for the AI Impact Summit. He said he had the opportunity to meet world leaders and Tech CEOs.
Mr Modi said that he showed myriad things to the world leaders at the AI Summit Exhibition. He particularly mentioned the Amul booth and the display of Sushrut Samhita during the exhibition, saying that two products greatly impressed leaders from around the world. He said that the first product was at Amul’s booth. It explained how AI is helping in the treatment of animals and how farmers keep track of their dairy and animals with the help of 24×7 AI assistance.
Mr Modi said the second product was related to country’s culture. He recounted that leaders from all over the world were amazed to see how India is preserving ancient texts, knowledge and manuscripts with the help of AI. He elaborated that Sushrut Samhita was selected for display during the exhibition. In the first step, it was shown how India is improving the image quality of manuscripts and making them readable with the help of technology. In the second step, this image was converted into machine-readable text.
In the next step, the machine-readable text was read by an AI avatar. Prime Minister said that in the last step, it was demonstrated how this invaluable Indian knowledge can be translated into Indian and foreign languages. He added that world leaders showed great interest in learning about India’s ancient knowledge through a modern avatar.
The Prime Minister noted that the world got to see India’s amazing capabilities in the field of AI at the Summit. During this period, India also launched three Made in India AI Models. Mr Modi hailed the Summit for being the biggest AI summit ever. He congratulated all the citizens for the success of this Summit..(updated on 22nd feb 26)
