Microsoft, IndiaAI join hands to train 5 lakh individuals on AI by 2026, set up productivity labs

The government’s artificial intelligence programme unit IndiaAI and Microsoft have partnered to train 5 lakh individuals, including students, educators, developers, government officials, and women entrepreneurs on AI by 2026, a senior company official said on Wednesday. Microsoft India and South Asia president, Puneet Chandok told PTI that the $3 billion investment announced by the company’s Chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) Satya Nadella will be on building tech, infrastructure and AI capacity and also on building the human capital in this country.