The Telangana government plans to organise a global Artificial Intelligence summit in Hyderabad in July, the State’s IT and Industries Minister D. Sridhar Babu said here on Thursday.
The decision is in line with the State government focus on making Hyderabad and Telangana AI capital of the world, he said, opening a centre of excellence for AI and Machine Learning - the Union government’s Department of Science and Technology (DST) has established at startup incubator T-Hub here.
Stating IT Secretary Jayesh Ranjan has nearly finalised July 1-2 as dates for the AI Summit, the Minister sought to highlight how the State government is keen on developing the AI ecosystem by inviting leading AI firms to set up operations. The government has already expressed intent to establish an AI City. The government is of the opinion that Hyderabad can not just match up but surge ahead of others in the field of AI on the back of the talent pool availability.
