Tag: public sector AI
Sarvam AI Startup Programme Fuels Indic AI Builders
Sarvam AI has introduced the Sarvam Startup Programme, providing early-stage companies with up to 12 months of API credits, priority engineering support and production-ready infrastructure to build multilingual AI applications without backend complexities. Founders Vivek Raghavan and Pratyush Kumar positioned the initiative to empower India’s developer ecosystem with high-quality models fluent in 22+ Indian languages and English, enabling full agency in creating voice agents,...
Oracle Layoffs Fund AI Data Centre Push Amid Cash Squeeze
Oracle is planning thousands of job cuts across divisions as it grapples with a cash crunch from aggressive AI data centre buildout to support major clients including a $300 billion OpenAI agreement, xAI and Meta, as Bloomberg News first reported. The reductions, potentially broader than typical rolling cuts, may begin this month and target roles expected to diminish under AI automation, coinciding with an...
UPSC Pilots AI Facial Recognition for Exam Candidates
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has successfully conducted a pilot program testing AI-enabled facial recognition technology to verify candidates during the NDA &...
90% of Public Sector to Adopt Agentic AI: Capgemini
A new report by the Capgemini Research Institute forecasts a rapid acceleration in the adoption of agentic AI across the public sector, with 90%...
Maharashtra & Microsoft to Launch 3 AI Centres
In a major push towards digital governance, the Maharashtra government has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft Corporation to establish three state-of-the-art Artificial...