Artificial Intelligence

• IndiaAI Innovation Challenge Launched to Drive AI Solutions; Winners to Get Up to Rs 1 Crore

  IndiaAI Innovation Challenge invites Indian innovators to develop impactful AI solutions in key sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and climate management, offering rewards of up to INR 1 crore. Interested parties can apply online, with the last date for submissions set for September 30, 2024.…

• AI Agriculture Startups: Top Companies Leveraging AI to Transform Indian Agriculture

  India's agricultural sector is undergoing a transformation, driven by innovative AI solutions. Here are the top companies using AI to enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability in Indian agriculture.…

• Google to Transform Indian Agriculture with Data-Driven Tool, Enhances Focus on Indian Language Solutions

  Google announces the launch of the Agricultural Landscape Understanding (ALU) Research API to enhance data-driven farming practices in India.…

• New AI Tool Forecasts Crop Harvests Six Months in Advance

  A new AI tool developed by the National Robotarium uses smartphone images to accurately count flowers on fruit trees, achieving 90% accuracy and promising improved harvest predictions and resource optimization for farmers.…

• 7 Reasons Artificial Intelligence Raises Concerns for Farmers

  The integration of artificial intelligence into agriculture brings both promise and concern for farmers worldwide. As AI-driven solutions reshape farming practices, farmers grapple with challenges ranging from education gaps to data privacy.…

• TNAU Secures Copyright for Insecticide Prediction Software 'Molinsecto-AI'

  As mentioned in the release, Molinsecto-AI emerges as a game-changer in the quest for sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation, contributing to the boost in agricultural yields and driving innovation in insecticide development.…

• AI Predicts Changing Agricultural Land Suitability Dynamics Over the Next 25 Years

  The integration of AI and machine learning technologies offers unprecedented opportunities to anticipate and address the evolving needs of agricultural systems.…

• AI’s Potential Should Be Harnessed in Agriculture, Says Dr Kota Harinarayana

  Tejas aircraft architect, Kota Harinarayana, promotes integrating AI into agriculture for precision farming, envisioning significant yield increases with resource reduction.…

• AI for India 2.0: Dharmendra Pradhan Launches Free AI Skill Training Course

  The "AI for India 2.0" program represents a significant step towards fostering inclusive and equitable technological education in the country.…

• The Simple Formula for Success in Artificial Intelligence in Farming: Lessons from India

  Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming Indian agriculture by enabling data-driven decision making, customized solutions, precision farming, and knowledge sharing. By harnessing AI's potential, farmers can increase yields, optimize resource management, and mitigate risks, paving the way for sustainable farming practices.…

• Beat AI Unemployment Worries: Land a Rs 2-Crore Job as a ChatGPT Prompt Engineer

  In the realm of AI, prompt engineering is a new job position. Read more to learn about this new job position and how much you can earn from this.…

• Adani Power Strengthens Fire Alert System at Tiroda Plant with Staqu’s AI-Powered Video Analytics- JARVIS

  Traditional fire alarm systems were bulky and primitive in design. To function within a modern framework, large thermal power station campuses require a lean, modern, and trouble-free fire protection system.…

• AI in Rubber Value Chain will be a Game Changer: Saji Gopinath

  “The aggressive use of data transformation tools has resulted in new business models, new products and services with greater utility, and a new management culture,” as per Saji Gopinath, Vice-Chancellor of Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation, and Technology.…

• Cropin Launches AI Labs to Bring Predictive Intelligence to Every Acre of World's Cultivable Land

  Cropin, the agritech pioneer, building the first global Intelligent Agriculture Cloud, announced that it has set up a new AI Labs. With an initial team of 30 members comprising Earth Observation Scientists, Data Scientists, Agronomists and AI/ML Researchers, the AI Labs will focus on studying…

• Rwanda Becomes First African Country to Open an AI Research Centre

  The C4IR is already working on projects such as the country's artificial intelligence (AI) policy and laws governing the protection of personal data and privacy.…

• IISc. & Aster CMI Hospital to Launch AI Lab in Bengaluru

  Aster CMI Hospital has collaborated with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) to establish an AI lab to better understand disease patterns and improve treatment outcomes through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools.…

• ARTPARK- backed by IISc to Launch $100 million Fund to Invest in AI & Robotics

  The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Karnataka government have seed-funded the not-for-profit firm, which is pushed by IISc and supported by AI-foundry, with a total of 230 crore ($32 million) to help translate cutting-edge research into solutions that may influence society.…

• How Artificial Intelligence-Based Technologies Can Assist Farmers

  Agriculture Engineering and Technology interventions assisted farmers in ushering in the Green Revolution, which helped the country sail toward Food Security and become a net food surplus nation. Science advancements have continued to assist farmers in meeting challenges.…

• Scientists Advocate for the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture in Hyderabad

  Prof Raj Khosla of Kansas State University in the United States, who stressed that digital intelligence in farming was the need of the hour, said that a public-private partnership was essential for digital agriculture and that all farm operations could be digitised using GPS technology…

• IITian’s startup develops AI driven gadget to Keep Stray Animals & Robbers at Bay

  Ajit Kumar, an IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, has created the Farm Surveillance-Cum-Animal Scarer (FSCAS), an artificial intelligence-driven system that helps farmers keep animals and thieves at bay.…

• Indian startup collaborates with Google.org to deploy Artificial intelligence to prevent crop damage

  Wadhwani AI, an Indian firm, has partnered up with Google's philanthropic arm in its first endeavor in Asia to assist farmers avoid such tragedies and thereby enhance crop yields and revenues.…

• Precision AI Raises $20 Million To Reduce Chemical Footprint of Agriculture

  Precision AI, a computer vision and robotics company empowering sustainable farming practices, announced the closing of $20 million in equity and grant funding. The financing will support the advancement of a disruptive precision farming platform that deploys swarms of artificially intelligent drones to dramatically reduce…

• ‘Innovation Factory’ launched by Nasscom to encourage AI in Agriculture

  Together with the Telangana Artificial Intelligence Mission (T-AIM), the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) has started an Innovation Factory to find and encourage emerging artificial intelligence technologies to solve problems in the agricultural sector.…

• Can AI solve the historical food quality assessment problem in India?

  The agri-tech startup AgNext is working towards addressing this issue with its AI & Molecular science enabled full-stack tech platform, Qualix- a rapid food quality assessment. The solution can assess the quality of multiple commodities like Tea, spices, milk, grains, herbs and animal feed in…

• Telangana launches Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural innovation program

  The government of Telangana has declared 2020 as the Year of AI to accelerate AI readiness and develop a conducive AI innovation ecosystem in the state, opening new avenues of AI-led innovation for social impact.…

• Solving Indian Farming Problems by Artificial Intelligence & Data Analytics

  Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics have seen rapid adoption in agriculture but majority of this has been in supply chain management & not necessarily in field farming techniques. This is due to the age old practices of agriculture which has typically been governed by intuition…