Narayana Murthy warns against AI hype in India, urges startups to aim big

Infosys co-founder NR Narayana Murthy on Wednesday cautioned against what he called “exaggerated” claims surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) in India, while asserting that poverty can be tackled by innovation and job creation and not by freebies.

Murthy pointed out that many systems labelled as AI are just conventional programs.

“I find that most of the so-called AI, I see, is silly and old programming,” he said while speaking at TiEcon Mumbai 2025.