- Published on June 28, 2024
- In AI Features
AI Sparks India’s Research Boom but Threat to Quality Looms
In 2023 alone, India published 17,000 AI papers.
Image by Diksha Mishra
- By Vidyashree Srinivas
At the IGIC 2024 event in Bengaluru, a research scholar from Singapore highlighted a curious trend: grants were being awarded to studies that merely mentioned AI. Interestingly, India’s AI research scene has seen some dramatic rise lately.
In 2023, India published 17,000 AI papers, a significant increase from fewer than 4,000 just a decade ago. This surge pushed India past the UK, which previously held the fourth position.
However, the question is how relevant are these papers?
‘AI’ : The Keyword
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Several researchers aimed to measure the difference in research quality. In 2020, Klinger et al studied the development and variety of topics in AI research and looked at how much private companies influence this research. They analysed
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