AI At Everyone's Fingertips, That Isn't Too Far: Microsoft's Mustafa Suleyman (Image: X/mustafasuleyman)

Bengaluru, India: Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the way we access information which makes knowledge available at everyone’s fingertips. Mustafa Suleyman, a British AI entrepreneur and CEO of Microsoft AI said this during Microsoft’s “Building AI Companions for India” event in Bengaluru, on Wednesday.

Suleyman explained that AI synthesises, distils and personalises knowledge making it easily accessible both at work and home. He cited Microsoft 365 Copilot as an example which reasons over work data while answering a question about how AI leverages productivity in India.

While showing the examples, he said that AI makes useful information readily available and will profoundly impact various industries. He also said that AI-powered tools will be widely available through voice commands.

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During his talk, Suleyman explained India’s significance in the niche with Hyderabad hosting one of Microsoft’s strongest teams worldwide. He emphasised the importance of diverse perspectives, involving social scientists, psychologists and scriptwriters in AI design.

He stated that just as the deep learning revolution was taking off today, Microsoft‘s efforts will also contribute to India being at the forefront of this AI-driven growth and he added that India is deluged with extremely talented engineers and developers.

He also stressed the need for more data to train AI models and predicted that pre-trained models will become commoditised with many available via API or open source.

Suleyman also opened up about his journey and credited timing for his success. He started his company in 2010, coinciding with the deep learning revolution.

Suleyman’s conversation with S Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology foregrounded the importance of cultural specificity and adaptability in AI development. Krishnan accented Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making AI accessible to all Indians and stated that the government is planning to adopt AI in various Indian languages.

As an example, he mentioned government initiatives like Adopt Bhashini which is an AI-led language translation system initiated by the Indian government to make AI accessible in various Indian languages.

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