For the first time in 2022, researchers from India made a contribution to the creation of multimodal and large-language models.
The annual Artificial Intelligence Index study was just released by Stanford University. The purpose of the paper is to disseminate knowledge about AI so that decision-makers can advance the field in a responsible and moral way. It also showed that, after respondents from China, those from Saudi Arabia (76%) and India (71%) had the most favourable opinions on AI goods.
One of the report’s most important findings was that a significant portion—24.2% to be exact—of GitHub AI projects were created by software professionals in India.
This is consistent with what the Microsoft CEO indicated during the Future Ready Leadership Summit held by the firm in January. According to Satya Nadella, India is not only the second-largest market for startups, but it also ranks second in terms of contributions to the developer ecosystem.
Less Innovators, More Adopters
India trails behind in innovation, despite its claims to have made enormous strides in technology use. India rated 40 out of 53 countries on the global intellectual property index, according to the U.S. Chamber International IP Index. “Patents” serve as indicators of the ongoing innovation occurring in a country.
India spends only 0.7% of its GDP on research and development, compared to the US’s 2.8%, China’s 2.1%, Israel’s 4.3%, and Korea’s 4.2%. These figures show clearly why India lags behind other countries in terms of innovation.
A statistic developed by LinkedIn to assess the prevalence of various AI-related talents in the workforce is the “AI skill penetration rate.” The top 50 representative skills for a certain occupation are determined by reweighing the frequencies of self-added talents by LinkedIn users in a particular field from 2015 to 2022 using a statistical model.
As a result of the government integrating AI into the curriculum of Indian middle and high schools, the country has also experienced a change in its AI curricula. In summary, there will always be obstacles, but India’s contribution to the AI community is being acknowledged, and if we don’t get comfortable, we may become one of the leading nations in the field.
