Jan 10, Kathmandu- India AI, the Indian government's artificial intelligence program arm, is to train 500,000 people in collaboration with Microsoft. India AI and Microsoft have agreed to train 500,000 people in AI by 2026, including students, teachers, developers, government officials and women entrepreneurs.

India AI and Microsoft have partnered to train 5 lakh people, including students, teachers, developers, government officials and women entrepreneurs, in AI by 2026, a senior company official said.

"We had announced last year that we would train 2 million people. We have trained 2.4 million. We have announced that we will train 10 million people in the next five years," said Punit Chandok, President, India and South Asia, Microsoft. We have announced to train 10 million people over the next five years," said Punit Chandok, president of Microsoft India and South Asia.