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IBM also believes that while Following this, they must
the adoption of AI is poised to build an AI strategy for its
g r o w , s o m e g l o b a l implementation into their
organizations are still facing work culture.
several challenges in terms of
AI adoption. So will 5G speed up the
An IBM survey further afrms Adoption of AI in India?
that there are essentially
AI today has been deployed
three barriers in the way of AI
adoption. These include across business functions like VENKAT BOYALLA
Limited AI knowledge or customer service, nance and CoFounder & Director of Ajna AI
expertise (39 percent), tax, HR, IT and cybersecurity, " 5 G ' s i n d u s t r y - g r a d e
increased data silos and data m a n u f a c t u r i n g , a n d performance makes it easier
complexity (32 percent), as to connect and utilize cloud
operations, R&D, risk, legal
w e l l a s a l a c k o f and edge computing which
and compliance, sales and
platforms/tools for creating AI will, in turn, give rise to the
models (28 percent). marketing, supply chain, and development of AI. Large
logistics, among others.
"Persistent barriers across data can be stored and
markets and industries T h e a d v e n t o f 5 G processed within the cloud
highlight the need for
technology will make AI a using AI because of the 5G
c o n t i n u e d f o c u s o n
ubiquitous tool in the technology," says Venkat
addressing skills and
solutions gaps," reiterates world of business. AI, when Boyalla, CoFounder &
Viswanath Ramaswamy of combined with 5G, will Director of Ajna AI- a
IBM. Chennai-based start-up that
transform the world. 5G is
But what is even more crucial offers customer behavior
also not only about faster
is that organizations must analytics platform which
internet and information. It helps brick and mortar
familiarise themselves with
AI and grasp the method to has the potential to change businesses, including retail,
create AI solutions. o u r e x i s t i n g m o b i l e supermarkets, hypermarkets,
applications and impact all hotels, hospitality, luxury
retail, etc.
aspects of our life.
May 2021