New Delhi, January 7: Microsoft on Tuesday said it has empowered 2.4 million Indians, including civil servants, college students and people with disabilities, with artificial intelligence (AI) skills. Last year, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella launched an India-specific initiative to equip two million individuals with AI skills by 2025. 슬롯사이트œOur aim is to not only enhance employability but also bridge the digital divide and create a more inclusive future for every Indian," Puneet Chandok, President of Microsoft India and South India, said in a statement.

Those involved in the programme said as the use of AI tools spreads across the workforce, those who don슬롯사이트™t learn how to use them risk falling behind. 슬롯사이트œOnce upon a time, humans discovered fire and were afraid of it. But then we learned to channelise it and put it to good use. Similarly, AI needs to be used wisely for the benefit of humanity, rather than letting us be devoured by it,슬롯사이트� said Neha Jain, Special Secretary, IT and Electronics, UP government. On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Nadella, saying he was glad to know about the tech giant슬롯사이트™s ambitious expansion and investment plans in the country.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천HCLTech Salary Hike: Tech Giant Partially Rolls Out Increment for Junior Employees and Top Performers, Mid to Senior Level Staff Await Their Turn, Says Report.

Nadella thanked the Prime Minister for his leadership, saying the tech company is excited to build on 슬롯사이트œour commitment to making India AI-first and work together on our continued expansion in the country to ensure every Indian benefits from this AI platform shift슬롯사이트�. Microsoft슬롯사이트™s AI tools, such as Copilot, TechSaksham and Seeing AI, have profoundly transformed people슬롯사이트™s lives through AI skilling initiatives in the country. For example, Raghavendra Pratap Singh, 33 who is a review officer in the Uttar Pradesh government and analyses new policies then helps disseminate them to the local officers responsible for carrying them out, has found these AI tools handy. A few months ago, Singh attended a one-day digital skills course run by Microsoft together with the state IT agency.

There, he learned tools like Microsoft Copilot and Copilot for Word, PowerPoint and Excel as well as OpenAI슬롯사이트™s ChatGPT. Since then, he has started using AI tools to summarise documents and draft letters. 슬롯사이트œA letter that might have taken one hour to draft now takes 40 to 45 minutes,슬롯사이트� he said. 슬롯사이트œAI makes it a better letter,슬롯사이트� he said. In the past, he might sometimes miss a minor point. 슬롯사이트œNow AI is getting the exact pointers,슬롯사이트� he added. He also uses AI to translate court orders in English to Hindi so he can understand them better and communicate them to other officers.

The digital skills course facilitated by Microsoft and the Uttar Pradesh Development Systems Corporation (UPDESCO), and run by a social enterprise called AISECT, covers AI, digital productivity and cybersecurity 슬롯사이트� in a single day. Similarly, Jui Shrikant Bidaye, 21, from Pune dreamt of becoming a professional kabbadi player. After graduating high school in rural Devgad in Maharashtra, she headed more than 321 kms away to study for bachelors슬롯사이트� in Information Technology at NBN Sinhgad School of Engineering, part of the University of Pune.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Boston Dynamics Layoffs: US-Based Robotics Company Cuts 5% of Workforce Amid Cash Flow Challenges, Faces Intensified Competition Ahead, Says Report.

The university슬롯사이트™s training and placement officer suggested she participate in 슬롯사이트˜TechSaksham슬롯사이트�, an initiative by Microsoft and SAP that introduces students to AI tools. She is spending the six-month internship working on creating a secure file storage application, using AI tools to help, and hopes the internship will translate into a permanent job offer when she graduates college in June this year.

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