Govt keen to use AI to address local problems

Govt keen to use AI to address local problems
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Information Technology and Industry Minister KT Rama Rao said his government will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve local problems with the help of global technology.

Hyderabad: Information Technology and Industry Minister KT Rama Rao said his government will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to solve local problems with the help of global technology.

Speaking at the special session on ‘Global Tech and Local Solutions: Artificial Intelligence’ at the World Economic Forum’s annual conclave in Davos, the Minister said technology solutions should first focus on streamlining processes and generating meaningful data so that the benefits of AI can percolate to individuals and communities.

He underlined the crucial role played by high-quality training and testing data in any machine learning algorithm. Rama Rao emphasised the need for governments to upskill themselves to maintain the desired quality in data collection.

The Minister also explained the Telangana Government’s ‘Open Data Policy’, launched in 2016, which has now over 50 datasets open to public. The Open Data Policy stands out not just for its transparency, but also for the high quality of the data collected and for the scope of being used to derive meaningful insights or to build AI based solutions.

The Minister focused on how the cultural, regional and linguistic differences need to be taken into consideration while generating local solutions, for the solutions that work in one part of the world may not work in another.

Winding up his tour in Switzerland, Rama Rao said the Davos trip was a big success. The tour was very fruitful as many world class companies have shown keen interest in investing in Telangana.

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