Google's Sundar Pichai shares PM Modi's AI vision for India, says he 'challenged us to...'

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the potential and opportunities in India and assured the government's commitment to provide protection of intellectual property.

After his meeting with PM Modi, Pichai said that the prime minister shared his “clear vision” regarding the expansion of AI in Indiaand added that “he is challenging us to do more in terms of AI so that it benefits the people of India.”

He said that PM Modi wants to ensure that ultimately AI benefits the people of the country.

Pichai shares PM Modi's vision of AI in India

“The PM has been focussed on transforming India. It is Digital India vision. He pushed us to continue making in India, designing in India. We are proud to now make our Pixel phones manufactured in India. He is really thinking about how AI can transform India in a way that benefits the people of India,"said Pichai, after the meeting.

"He challenged us to think about applications in healthcare, education, agriculture and he is also thinking about the infrastructure of India - be it data centres, power, energy and investing to make sure that India can transition. And we are proud to be partnering with India,” he added.

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“We are robustly investing in AI in India and we look forward to doing more. We have set several programs and partnerships...He has always challenged all of us to do more, more for India. Now, he is asking us to do the same with AI. He has a clear vision, both in terms of the opportunity that AI will create but he wants to make sure ultimately AI is there to benefit the people of India and he has a clear vision that it should all be in the service of the people of India. He is challenging us to do more,” said the Google CEO.

(With inputs from agencies)