RIL unveils plan for affordable AI

MUKESH AMBANI ON Tuesday unveiled a draft artificial intelligence manifesto for Reliance Industries, setting out an ambition to transform the group into an AI-native deeptech enterprise while targeting a tenfold improvement in productivity across its workforce of more than 600,000 people and an equal impact on the economy and society.

- URVI MALVANIA Mumbai, December 30

Calling artificial intelligence (AI) "the most consequential technological development in human history", Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries (RIL), said the conglomerate intends to lead India's AI shift much as it did in the country's digital transformation over the past decade. The stated objective, he said, is to deliver "affordable AI for every Indian", with AI embedded across Reliance's businesses while remaining safe, trusted and accountable.

"At Reliance, we have embarked on a path to transform ourselves into an AInative deep tech company with advanced manufacturing capabilities," Ambani said in a detailed message to employees.

"To pursue this resolve, we have prepared a draft of the Reliance AI Manifesto. This draft is a guide to an action plan." The draft manifesto is divided into two parts. Part I focuses on internal transformation, positioning AI not as a standalone technology programme but as a new way of working across the organisation. Part II extends the vision to how Reliance's businesses and philanthropic initiatives can help catalyse India's broader AI transformation.