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Google volition enactment connected an undersea cablegram task straight linking the U.S. and India, CEO Sundar Pichai announced astatine a quality briefing connected the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit. This would beryllium the 2nd planned subsea cablegram strategy that would successful and of itself nexus the U.S. and India, aft Facebook and WhatsApp genitor Meta’s Project Waterworth.
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So far, subsea cablegram systems, which transportation the immense bulk of Internet postulation betwixt continents, bash not person a nonstop Indo-U.S. link, relying alternatively connected relay points similar West Asian hubs oregon Singapore.
A Google spokesperson did not person contiguous details to supply connected method and way details of the route.
The steadfast besides announced “Google DeepMind concern to beforehand AI-powered subject and acquisition successful India, and expanded workforce improvement efforts,” earmarking a $30 cardinal “Google.org AI [grant] for Government Innovation Impact Challenge to enactment AI-powered government-to-citizen solutions,” the steadfast said.
In addition, 1.1 crore students astatine Atal Tinkering Labs astir the state would person entree to chatbot assistants, the steadfast said. It besides announced the motorboat of Google AI Professional Certificates to assistance workers modulation into AI-enabled workflows, successful concern with the Wadhwani Foundation. Google volition besides articulation firms similar Microsoft successful providing courses to Karmayogi Bharat, which provides e-learning modules for serving authorities employees.
