Mumbai to have India’s first artificial
intelligence centre
CM holds meeting with Canadian minister on AI cooperation
Mumbai: In a first in the country, the State government
will be setting up an institute for artificial intelligence (AI) in Mumbai. Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis will unveil the plan for the institute during the
Magnetic Maharashtra Summit, and at the Global Economic Conference in Canada
next month.
“We have discussed cooperation in artificial intelligence
and other port-led development. Maharashtra has already become the first state
to unveil a FinTech Policy,” said the Chief Minister, while setting up a joint
working group for AI cooperation with the government of Canada on Tuesday.
The meeting between Canadian Minister of International
Relations, Christine St-Pierre, and Mr. Fadnavis was held on AI cooperation in
the industrial and service sectors.
Officials said the AI institute will give a fresh impetus
to the ‘fourth industrial revolution’, and promote Mumbai as an investment
destination in innovations and data analysis. “We want to transform the way
businesses operate,” said an official at the Chief Minister’s Office.
At the Magnetic Maharashtra Summit, which will be
inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 18, a separate pavilion
has been dedicated to emerging technologies and how it could be used to create
jobs.
The State is already experimenting with AI in the health
sector, and has plans to involve a Mumbai-based tech startup to use AI-powered
X-ray, MRI, and CT scan machines. The AI involves application of deep-learning
algorithm to highlight deviations in medical imaging.
Officials said for now they are looking at AI to be used
in the defence sector, which will be given a special space at the Magnetic
Maharashtra event.
But experts said India has a long way to go before AI
could be fully applied in the public sector. “For effective use of AI in the
public sector, the government must first have structured data, and give its
cloud access to the public. Once this architecture is in place, AI at the most
basic level could be applied to power saving and defence equipment. The policy
making could also be streamlined once data is structured for an AI use,” said
Toshendra Sharma, Delhi-based AI and Blockchain entrepreneur, and founder of
data-storing site, RecordsKeeper.
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