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American tech giant Microsoft is set to upskill Indians on AI-based technology by 2025. Here are the details.

The skilling will focus on training individuals in tier-2 and tier-3 cities, as well as rural areas and unlock inclusive socio-economic progress, the company said in a statement.

Microsoft chairman and chief executive Satya Nadella was delivering a keynote address in Mumbai during his 3-day annual visit to India. He quoted the example of work done by Karya, an AI startup which enlists and pays over 30,000 rural Indians to create quality datasets through speech, text, images and videos for training large language models in 12 Indian languages.

Can AI save journalism? Microsoft is spending big to find out, partnering with media companies.

AI remains a hot topic for earnings conference call by companies like Microsoft, Alphabet as investment in AI grows

If rumours turn out to be true, Microsoft and OpenAI might be putting up to $500 million (£394.92 million) in Figure AI.

But Microsoft shares were down 1% after-hours as investors absorbed news about rising costs to develop these AI features.

AI Projects: During the first edition of the global Microsoft AI tour in Mumbai, company executives said the vibrant startup ecosystem and AI expertise in the developer community are the major strengths of the Indian market.

The Voice Clarity feature employs advanced AI models to effectively diminish background noise, minimize reverberation, and eliminate echoes in real time, significantly improving audio quality during online interactions.

Microsoft is the worlds most valuable company with a more than $3 trillion valuation, beating out rival Apple.