IT Services
Reporting, analysis and features from AIM's IT Services section.
Coal Dependence Threatens Indian Data Centres' Sustainability Goals
Maharashtra, which hosts over 40% of India's data centres, gets 78% of its electricity from fossil fuels. While Delhi NCR's 85-90% of electricity comes from fossil fuels.
shyam.upadhyay ·
'India's UPI Moment in AI Will Be Driven by Usage, Not Production,' Says Aadhaar Architect Pramod Varma
Former chief architect of Aadhaar Pramod Varma believes that India’s future is voice-based AI.
Siddharth Jindal ·
CP Gurnani Proves Altman Wrong, Tech Mahindra Builds Indian LLM Under $5M
He also said that India will develop its own NVIDIA in the next 5-7 years and would not need to be dependent on someone else.
shyam.upadhyay ·
“If We Got the Same Education as IITians, We Wouldn't Suck…”
IITians make IITs great, not the other way around.
Mohit Pandey ·
Indian Researchers Need to Stop Making Useless LLMs
"If you're a student or an academic dreaming of making LLMs for Indian languages, stop wasting your time. You're not going to make it."
Mohit Pandey ·
Why Perplexity AI Wasn’t Built in India
Perplexity AI had raised $15 million in its seed funding round when it was just a six-month old company, which it could have done in India.
Mohit Pandey ·
Indians in India Are Stealing Coding Jobs From Indians in the US
Indian techies need their Swadeshi movement.
Mohit Pandey ·
What Saurabh Netravalkar’s Passion for Cricket Tells About Oracle’s Work Culture
Oracle's work culture is shaped by its appreciation for the diverse interests and talents of its employees, a philosophy reflected in the company's broader approach.
Tarunya ·
NAS Solutions Gain Favour Among Indian SMEs Over Hyperscalers
Unlike cloud, using NAS means companies don't require to pay a recurring fee to store cold data
Pritam Bordoloi ·
Databricks is Helping CEOs Embrace AI Before AI Becomes the CEO
“AI is the future, there's no doubt about that. If CEOs are not aligned with this, I don't think they'll become CEOs in the future."
Siddharth Jindal ·
Indian Techies Dream of Big Paychecks, But Face Reality Checks
“Now that would not be an issue if these people were extraordinarily brilliant, or an IIT, NIT passout,” said Ratnakar Sadasyula.
Mohit Pandey ·
Meet the Duo from Hyderabad who Made it Big at Google I/O
OpenAI's latest model GPT-4o has made considerable improvements when it comes to Indian languages.
Siddharth Jindal ·
Why India Needs More AI4Bharats
In a podcast with AIM, Indic AI developers said that what India needs is more initiatives like AI4Bharat, with industry-academia collaboration.
Mohit Pandey ·
Indian Companies are Good at Copying Ideas Generated Elsewhere
The sentiment that India has been lagging when it comes to building technology and leveraging AI has grown stronger.
Mohit Pandey ·
L&T Technology Services Trains 3,000 Engineers in GenAI
L&T Technology Services (LTTS) has so far conducted over 90 PoCs, and is working on nine use cases across segments.
shyam.upadhyay ·
Zerodha CTO Says He Stopped Googling Technical Stuff Over the Past Year
“I think traditional search will die because of the huge quality issues,” says Kailash Nadh.
vandana.nair ·
Infosys Feels Good About Its Work with Generative AI
Shows overconfidence in generative AI without revealing the numbers, unlike its competitors.
Mohit Pandey ·
Millions of AI-Powered Chinese EVs Could be Running on Indian Streets Soon
At the same time, banning Chinese EVs under the guise of national security also remains a possibility.
Pritam Bordoloi ·
Why India Needs to Build its Focus on AI Theory
“If even a quarter of the mathematical talent in India were to get into AI theory, it would cause a tectonic shift."
Mohit Pandey ·
The Future of AI in India is Not That Bleak!
Though we need foundational research in AI, experts believe that a lot of solutions only require working with already-built models.
Mohit Pandey ·