Telangana inks 8 MoUs with companies into Artificial Intelligence

Telangana government on Thursday signed eight memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with various companies, including Intel, Nvidia and Adobe, in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The MoUs were signed in the presence of IT and Industries Minister KT Rama Rao after he declared 2020 as the ‘Year of AI’ at a meeting here with industry bigwigs.
Intel, Public Health Foundation of India and IIIT- Hyderabad jointly signed the agreement with the government for setting up a research centre in applied AI in healthcare and smart mobility.
IIT-Kharagpur signed an MoU to set up a centre of excellence in AI and research and development park.
The state government also signed MoUs with IIT- Hyderabad, Wadhwani AI, Hexagon and Innovation Norway.