‘Rise in AI adoption in India higher than many major economies’

In order to address a number of challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic, businesses and organisations in India adopted various artificial intelligence (AI) tools, and the rise of AI adoption recorded in the country is the highest, when compared to major economies like the US, Japan and the UK, a report by PwC said.

“Indian organisations are firm in their resolve to combat the challenges of the pandemic, with the manufacturing sector reconfiguring traditional practices to automate value chain processes and the Government engaging with technology firms to solve problems in the new normal (e.g. contact tracing, contactless thermal screening).

“Similarly, universities, start-ups and the healthcare sector have developed AI-powered diagnostic guidance systems to help patients and models to predict the spread of the virus,” PwC India noted in its report.