IT Services
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's IT Services section.
Yann LeCun Wants India to Make Local and Global AI Products
“Going forward, India has an important role to play, not just in technology and product development, not just for local products, but for international products and also for research,” said Yann LeCun.
Mohit Pandey ·
Why are Indian AI Companies Obsessed with Indic Language Models?
Given the network and access to resources that the Indian AI companies have right now, the next best move would be to build a GPT-2 level model instead of competing with the West.
Mohit Pandey ·
Mohandas Pai Explains Why India Doesn’t Have a Mistral AI Yet
Nobody is ready to invest in research and development startups, even if that would just cost around $10 million to get started.
Mohit Pandey ·
Indian IT Didn’t Make Any Breakthrough in the Past Decade
“Indian IT services companies are not product companies,” said Mohandas Pai.
Mohit Pandey ·
Sarvam AI Leaves Everyone at Cypher 2024 Speechless
The company recently launched a range of products, including voice-based agents that are accessible via telephone and WhatsApp. The voice-based agents can also be integrated into an app, allowing users to communicate verbally whenever they…
Siddharth Jindal ·
[Exclusive] Tech Mahindra to Announce Project Indus 2 Soon
“Project Indus was built for $400,000 in response to OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, who claimed that India couldn’t build a model for under $10 million.”
Siddharth Jindal ·
Mohandas Pai says Bengaluru is Closer to SF than Delhi
“The Government of India should invest INR 50,000 crores in AI. They need to support AI startups by providing grants and enabling them to invest in and develop solutions like ChatGPT."
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why Indian Startups Don’t Invest in R&D
R&D requires time, the results are uncertain, and it needs good investment.
Mohit Pandey ·
Software Engineers Have to Upskill Faster Than Anyone Else
But “upskill to what?” is what people ask.
Mohit Pandey ·
Indian Engineers Say Most College Professor Don’t Know Programming
“What's the point of paying the teachers then?” ask engineers.
Mohit Pandey ·
India's AI Startup Boom: Govt Eyes Equity Stakes and GPU Support
Indian startups need support in terms of computing resources more than in financing.
Pritam Bordoloi ·
IIT Madras is Emerging as a Major Hub for AI Startups. Here’s Why?
With a commitment to excellence, IIT Madras, a hot spot for tech startups, now wants to focus on AI.
Tarunya ·
Cognizant is Offering a Very Generous Salary of INR 2.5 LPA for Freshers
The saddest part about this is that it’s the same package that was offered in 2002.
Mohit Pandey ·
India’s Fabless Semiconductor Supply Chain is Far from Fabulous
When it comes to manufacturing chips outside India, trust is foundational. But it is also the first point of vulnerability in the supply chain.
Mohit Pandey ·
The Nalanda 2.0 Dream Crumbles
Establishing a university in India has only become more compelling with time, making the outcome even more disappointing.
Mohit Pandey ·
After Aadhaar and UPI, This New Digital Public Infrastructure Will Change How Indians Communicate
"We should have a product like Bhashini in France,” said Hélène Quintin, the CEO of KERU Project.
Siddharth Jindal ·
India's Obsession with STEM is Creating a Generation of Jobless Graduates
The number of STEM graduates from India are almost enough to fill the seats of top jobs in the US and Europe.
Mohit Pandey ·
MachineHack is What LeetCode Should be for AI and ML
MachineHack emerges as the go-to platform for AI/ML professionals, offering hackathons, and assessments to bridge the gap LeetCode can't fill.
Sagar Sharma ·
Indian Developers Like to be Exploited
Depending on the country, data crowdsourcing platforms can pay remote workers as little as $1.2/hour for a project.
vandana.nair ·
The Chief Architect of Aadhaar Suggests Indian Govt to Offer ‘Compute as a Bond’ for Generative AI
With the Union Budget around the corner, it would be interesting to see the government allocate funds for such initiatives.
Siddharth Jindal ·