AI technology should not be a luxury reserved for a few, says Mukesh Ambani

Jio Brain unveiled to streamline AI

Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday unveiled ‘Jio Brain’, a comprehensive suite of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and platforms, while making a strong pitch for AI adoption on a large scale, stressing that the cutting-edge technology needs to be accessible to everyone and everywhere.
 

To streamline AI adoption across the company, RIL has begun using Jio Brain to drive faster decisions, more accurate predictions, and better understanding of customer needs in Reliance Jio and other Reliance operating companies, Ambani said during the 47th annual general meeting (AGM) of RIL.
 

“I anticipate that by perfecting the Jio Brain within Reliance, we will create a powerful AI service platform that we can offer to other enterprises as well,” he said.
 

Unveiling Jio’s ‘AI Everywhere For Everyone’ vision, Ambani stressed that AI “should not be a luxury reserved for a select few. AI services must be accessible on all devices, not just expensive, high-end devices.”
 

The telco has targeted agriculture, education, healthcare and small businesses as key initial focus areas for its AI-push. The company would also roll out JioPhonecall AI, which will allow users to record, transcribe, and translate phone conversations, making them easy to search, share, and understand across languages, he said.
 

He also announced the Jio AI-Cloud Welcome offer, giving Jio users up to 100 GB of free cloud storage.
 

The adoption of AI at a large scale requires a delivery model where AI services and the data processed by AI are both hosted in the cloud, allowing every user to access their data and AI services from anywhere, on any device, over low-latency broadband networks as part of what the company calls 'connected intelligence', he added.
 

Ambani said they are committed to democratising AI, and offering powerful AI models and services to everyone in India at the most affordable prices.
 

To drive the company's AI-push, Jio also plans to establish gigawatt-scale AI-ready data centres in Jamnagar, powered by Reliance's green energy. It will also create multiple AI inference facilities across its captive locations throughout the country.