Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
is in India and he kicked off his visit by announcing that the company will provide skills to 2 million people to help make the country an AI-first nation. At the Microsoft CEO Connection event in Mumbai, he talked about how Microsoft Copilot – its AI chatbot that is powered by
GPT-4
– is helping people complete work faster. While speaking about Copilot, he took a veiled dig at
Google Gemini
and other
language models
.
“We have the best model today … even with all the hoopla, one year after, GPT-4 is better,” Nadella said. GPT-4 is a large language model (LLM) the underlying technology that powers Microsoft Copilot.
“We are waiting for the competition to arrive. It will arrive, I’m sure, but the fact [is] that we have the most leading LLM out there,” he added.
Microsoft, Google and other companies, including Meta and Amazon, are investing heavily in developing AI technology. Google has its own LLM called Gemini and Meta launched Llama 2 LLM last year. Microsoft’s Copilot runs on GPT-4, developed by OpenAI.
Microsoft bets big on India
As per Puneet Chandok, who joined Microsoft to lead the company’s India and South Asia business, “India is not just incredible anymore. We are credible as well. India is starting to dream big, and going after this dream-like our lives depend on it.”
Recently, Ahmed Mazhari, president of Microsoft Asia, also said that “one in four AI projects on GitHub [Microsoft-owned platform for developers] comes from India.”
“By 2026, India will have eclipsed the US. India is very uniquely positioned to enable the adoption of AI at scale at home and in international markets,” Mazhari said.
Nadella, who was born in India, said AI is going to have an impact on GDP.
Recently, Google's chief scientist Jeff Dean was in India and he also praised the country’s position in AI adoption, saying India’s position as a leader in responsible AI innovation will level the playing field.
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