Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella urges wider AI access across India
Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s chairman and chief executive, called on technology leaders to make artificial intelligence available to farmers, businesses and communities throughout India. Speaking at the Ideas4India forum in Seattle, he said the technology’s promise depends on broad participation and on nations retaining sovereignty, knowledge control and human oversight.
Key points
- Satya Nadella urged technology leaders to ensure AI reaches Indian farmers, businesses and communities.
- He highlighted a demo using a GPT model with language services on WhatsApp to help a rural farmer access a subsidy scheme.
- The remarks were made at the Ideas4India forum in Seattle, organized by the Indian Consulate with over 40 Indian‑origin CEOs and CTOs.
Nadella cited a demonstration he had seen in Delhi where an Indian developer combined a GPT model with language‑service tools to let a rural farmer query a government subsidy scheme via WhatsApp in a local language. The system explained the subsidy and helped the farmer begin the required paperwork. The forum, convened by the Consulate General of India, gathered more than 40 Indian‑origin CEOs and CTOs.
Microsoft CEO urges wider AI access across India
ahmedabadmirror.com · 19 September 2026
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Microsoft CEO urges wider AI access across India
Says AI’s benefits depend on broad participation
Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella
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Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella has urged technology leaders to ensure artificial intelligence reaches farmers, businesses and communities across India, saying its promise will depend on how widely people can use it and contribute to its development.
Addressing the Ideas4India forum in Seattle, Nadella said the benefits of a general-purpose technology should extend across countries and sectors. He coupled that call with an emphasis on national sovereignty, control over knowledge and human oversight. “It will only happen when all of the world can both benefit from and contribute to this knowledge,” he said.
The Consulate General of India convened the Indian American Tech CEOs Forum, bringing together more than 40 Indian-origin chief executives and chief technology officers. Nadella illustrated AI’s potential through a demonstration he had seen in Delhi. An Indian developer had combined a GPT model with language services to help a rural farmer seek information about a government scheme through WhatsApp.
The demonstration allowed the farmer to converse in a local language. The system explained access to a subsidy and attempted to help complete the required paperwork. He urged the community to think about the wider ecosystem developing around advanced AI. IANS
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