Telangana Global AI Summit takes off in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister Anumula Revanth Reddy inaugurated the two-day Telangana Global AI Summit being organised by his government here. Telangana Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu and others were present on the occasion. The Chief Minister released a roadmap for the development of AI in Telangana. It comprised 25 programmes. The Chief Minister also released a book titled Poor Economics and held discussions with the industry leaders. Telangana government signed over 20 MoUs to develop AI in Telangana.

Over 2,000 delegates are scheduled to take part in the event in which global experts and leaders in artificial Intelligence will share their thoughts, vision, and ideas for the development of the sector

With the main theme "Making AI work for everyone", the State government is hosting the conference aiming to attract the world's attention in the field of Information Technology and AI.

Sal Khan, head of Khan Academy, who has been playing a key role in developing technical solutions in AI, Daniela Combe from IBM, and Peter Diamandis of XPRIZE Foundation are among others who are slated to take part in the event.

The State government has already decided to establish an ambitious AI city on a sprawling 200 acres in the proposed fourth city in the Greater Hyderabad limits.

Over the next two days, the delegates will debate the issues of impact, regulation, and challenges of AI on society as a social responsibility. Research, startup demos, and innovative projects that are under development will also be presented at this conference.

Four additional stages, along with the main stage, have been set up at the venue.