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Union Minister meets Meta's chief AI scientist to discuss opportunities
The Business Guardian
|October 27, 2024
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday met with Chief AI Scientist of Meta, Yann LeCun to discuss opportunities in the area of artificial intelligence.
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The minister said in a post on social media X that India's AI Mission has been helpful in advancing robust collaborations among the industry, government, and academia.
"Met @ylecun (Yann LeCun) of Meta to discuss Bharat's AI potential. Our AI mission is advancing with strong collaborations among industry, government, and academia: GenAI CoE with IIT Jodhpur and Meta. YuvaI Skilling with AICTE and Meta to train 1,00,000 students on LLM," Vaishnaw posted on X.
On October 25, IndiaAI and Meta announced the establishment of the Center for Generative AI, Srijan at IIT Jodhpur, along with the launch of the "YuvaI Initiative for Skilling and Capacity Building" in collaboration with the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), for the advancement of open source artificial intelligence (AI) in India.
This story is from the October 27, 2024 edition of The Business Guardian.
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