Key cities in Uttar Pradesh set to get an artificial intelligence makeover

The Uttar Pradesh government has rolled out its plan to develop major cities as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Information Technology (IT) hubs.

The move follows Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call from the US last month that there have been path-breaking advances in AI and that India and the US are leading the developments. The cities lined up for the AI- and IT-based makeover include Lucknow, Kanpur, Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), Varanasi, and Prayagraj (Allahabad).

Meanwhile, Lucknow has been positioned as India’s first ‘AI City’ under the overarching blueprint to catalyse the five cities as future hubs of IT and IT Enabled Services (ITeS).