Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI is on Tour to Six Nations, Will Visit India This Week

OpenAI Chief Executive Officer, Sam Altman is to visit India soon this week, and will also tour five more nations regarding AI technology and its application.

Written by: Arjita Gupta

Edited by: Krutarth Ghosalkar

Last Updated: June 06, 2023

Sam Altman, the Chief Executive Officer of OpenAI, and the creator of ChatGPT will visit India this week. He will be on a tour to six nations, out of which India is one and others are Qatar, South Korea, Jordan, Israel, and UAE. OpenAI explores technologies in artificial intelligence. In his tweet, Altman said that he was excited about the tour. The tweet was posted on Sunday. However, there are no details disclosed about his itinerary yet. Thus, we do not know about his planned day-to-day activities yet.

Though AI is still nascent, it is already proving to assist several industries and workplaces. As India has a strong IT industry, AI utility could be large because of huge data availability. Artificial intelligence technology has good potential for the nation. Also, it is expected that AI will contribute USD 957 billion to the country’s economy by the year 2035. This year, the Indian government had quoted about NASSCOM data that the AI employment overall is about 416,000 professionals.

The announcement of the same was done with data from the NASSCOM in February. The growth rate for AI is thus approximated at 20% to 25%. Several countries all over the globe have been utilizing AI technology to reduce interference with human resources and welcome artificial intelligence instead. This is especially taking over the delivery service industry currently. But as technology progresses, it is doubted to overcome many jobs that depend on the human workforce at the moment.

And that is fearful from the point of view of employment. As several job cuts could be expected with the adaption and implantation of AI. OpenAI is backed by Microsoft and it has come up with the fourth version of ChatGPT now, already accessible to the general public. The human-like performance of the tool for different tasks, which was earlier a drawback, is now becoming a strength of the AI-based platform. Soon, we can hope to see more AI technologies shaping tomorrow.