TIME magazine has unveiled its inaugural TIME100 AI roster, celebrating the 100 visionaries steering the AI frontier. Among the notable luminaries like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and Demis Hassabis, the list underscores the growing significance of Indian talent in the AI landscape.
Dive into this remarkable lineup of Indian-origin AI trailblazers:
- Neal Khosla, Sneha Revanur
Neal Khosla, the co-founder and CEO of Curai, stands at the forefront of healthcare transformation. Curai's subscription-based virtual care service harnesses AI to empower physicians in handling routine tasks, enabling a small clinical team to serve a multitude of patients.
Sneha Revanur, founder and president of Encode Justice, is determined to have her generation actively shape AI policy. Her advocacy earned her a coveted seat at the AI roundtable discussion with US Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Tushita Gupta, Manu Chopra
Tushita Gupta, the CTO and co-founder of Refiberd, is on a mission to revolutionize textile recycling. Leveraging AI, Gupta and her co-founder Sarika Bajaj are decoding the composition of various textile items.
Manu Chopra, CEO of Karya, a non-profit organization, is championing fair compensation for workers contributing to AI projects. His vision seeks to redress the AI data generation disparities and uplift marginalized communities.
- Kalika Bali, Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor
Kalika Bali, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research India, is blazing a trail with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Her pioneering project aims to craft "gender-intentional" datasets in five Indian languages, combatting gender biases in AI training data.
Arvind Narayanan, a computer science professor at Princeton University, collaborates with his PhD student, Sayash Kapoor, on the groundbreaking book "How to Recognize AI Snake Oil," poised for publication in 2024.
- Pushmeet Kohli, Romesh and Suni Wadhwani
Pushmeet Kohli, the VP of Research at Google DeepMind, is celebrated for his work in AI safety and contributions to the AlphaFold protein structure prediction system's development.
Romesh and Sunil Wadhwani, co-founders of Wadhwani AI, are trailblazing in predicting high-risk and mortality among tuberculosis (TB) patients in India, using AI programs to make a meaningful impact.
In this constellation of AI luminaries, these Indian-origin innovators shine brightly, illuminating the path to a future profoundly shaped by artificial intelligence.
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