Microsoft’s smart AI investments made it the world’s most valuable firm. However, Satya Nadella, its quiet CEO, couldn’t resist taking a swipe at the sector.
“We have the best model today… Even with all the hype, GPT4 is better one year later,” Nadella said at a Mumbai company event on Wednesday. “We await the competition. Yes, it will arrive, but we already have the top LLM available.
As he presented Microsoft’s stronger AI solutions to India’s major firms, Nadella had a rare reality check. In a 35-minute keynote presentation, Nadella urged businesses to use AI to enhance productivity and improve products to avoid falling behind. 
The Microsoft CEO advised India to prioritize AI. “AI will impact GDP,” he stated.
Born in India, Nadella claimed the country is now GitHub’s second-largest AI developer talent pool. Puneet Chandok, who left AWS India last year to oversee Microsoft’s India and South Asia business, said: “India is not just incredible anymore. We also have credibility. India is dreaming big and pursuing it if our lives depend on it.”
The business also said that it will train 2 million Indians in smaller areas of AI by next year. “I hope consensus emerges, and that is what really helps, in some sense, with the diffusion of this technology,” he added of socioeconomic growth.
“This is the first time I feel what is happening in India, and the world is one. If anything, these use cases are so distinctive and pioneering,” Nadella said.
Karya, an “ethical data company” that develops datasets in different Indian languages to train AI models while providing jobs and education to rural people, was mentioned by Nadella.
