AI can empower the poor: IIT Madras researchers

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) have proposed that augmenting an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to existing ATMs installed in banks and post offices can help in the financial inclusion of deprived communities, especially migrant workers.They said such an intervention is necessary as the country’s internal migrant workers – whose vulnerabilities became apparent during Covid-19 – constitute 3% of the population.