Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal announced on X (formerly Twitter) that the company is working on new AI projects. The taxi aggregator and electric scooter maker will join the competition to develop his AI chat app with the likes of OpenAI and Google. Mr. Agarwal introduced the world to his company ‘Kultrim’ which was registered under the name Kurtrim SI Designs earlier this year. Bhavish Aggarwal asked his followers at X about the features he wants from AI, especially as an AI user.
Agarwal claimed to incorporate interesting ideas into the company’s product roadmap. Moreover, to encourage more ideas, Mr. Agarwal claimed that he will provide the Ola S1X+ scooter or the best ideas for free.
What features do you need in an AI chat app? Especially as an Indian user.@Kurtrim Incorporate interesting ideas into your product roadmap.
There will also be prizes for the best ideas @OlaElectric S1X+ Scooter 🙂
— Bhabish Agarwal (@bhash) November 26, 2023
“The AI revolution is happening rapidly and will increase human productivity and accelerate science and discovery,” Agarwal said in another tweet. We humans will finally be able to free ourselves from the tasks that computers can do and aim to truly expand the frontiers of knowledge and creativity. And India’s unique cultural ethos of inquiry and metaphysical exploration, along with its technological and economic advancements, can make it a global leader in this future of AI. ”
The announcement comes shortly after Agarwal met spiritual leader Sadhguru at the INSIGHT 2023 conference hosted by Sadhguru Academy to discuss electric vehicles and artificial intelligence. He argued that AI will be a “very powerful force for cultural assimilation.” He also said that India needs its own AI as most of the other popular large-scale language models are trained on non-Indian data. He also highlighted the fact that AI should be trained in various ‘Bharatian languages’.
It was an honor to interact with you @sdgrujv. Thank you for your in-depth thoughts on technology.
The AI revolution is happening rapidly, increasing human productivity and accelerating science and discovery. We humans can finally aim to be freed from computer-like work… https://t.co/ab81VjnmgA pic.twitter.com/TFaaSWMol9
— Bhabish Agarwal (@bhash) November 24, 2023
In a conversation with Sadhguru, Mr. Agarwal said: “It is very important for the Indian ecosystem, the economy, and entrepreneurs like us to really build an Indian paradigm for AI because AI is so powerful for cultural assimilation. AI today is learning through data on the internet, primarily data from outside India. Most of our Bharthiya languages are not on the internet. We need to ensure that we have enough data in all Bharatiya languages - Indian data – to make AI available to the common man on a daily basis. ”
According to business intelligence site Toffler, Kultrim was registered in April and has two directors, Babish Agarwal and Krishnamurthy Teneti.
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