New Delhi, May 6 (IANS). India has the potential to give America a further edge in the race to adopt AI, as leading American technology companies like Google, Microsoft and Amazon have already invested billions of dollars to build AI hubs in India. This information was given in an article of Arab News.
The article, written by Yalli Bajraktari and Dhruva Jaishankar, said these investments are aimed at ensuring that US-developed technology becomes the backbone of the largest economy in the global south. If the future of the digital world is based on US-Indian infrastructure, the world will be open and secure, but if it is based on China’s proprietary technology, the global order will break down.
Although the United States has a decisive lead in cutting-edge technologies and high-end computing, China has proven that its innovation capability is a powerful force. To meet this challenge, the US needs the talent and dataset capacity that only India can provide.
The article further said, “India is not just a huge market. It offers population-level datasets from approximately 1.5 billion people, making it an important platform for testing AI in real-world environments, from rural agriculture to urban healthcare. Moreover, with over 1.25 million AI talents by 2027, India provides the intellectual capacity and human capital needed to sustain a high-speed innovation cycle.”
However, capacity does not mean efficiency. India’s talent pool is vast, but much remains to be done to match skills to specific AI tasks. Closing this gap should be seen as an imperative for America. The article further says that integrating Indian talent into the US-led ecosystem is the only way for US companies to maintain their edge against a competitor that sees technology as a tool of state control rather than a means of individual empowerment.
The article presented a four-point plan to transform the current US-Indian relationship into a lasting strategic advantage in the field of AI. It suggests that India’s growing startup ecosystem can be linked to technology tools and capital available in the US to create shared solutions to global challenges.
Second, both countries can cooperate in building strong infrastructure and supply chains. Their efforts should include not only critical minerals and semiconductors, but also submarine cables, open telecommunications networks, and data centers.
Third, India and the US must collaborate to create a seamless, high-skilled ecosystem for talent. This will require dealing with potentially challenging political circumstances, given rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the US and many other countries.
Finally, to realize all of the above, India and the US will need to align their technology standards, intellectual property rights, and cybersecurity policies much more than they do today. The article states that translating shared values into a common agenda is the only way to reduce bilateral conflict and accelerate cooperation.
–IANS
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