Inside India newsletter: Meet the humans teaching robots to perform routine tasks, as India finds a way to enter the AI race

Several companies have cropped up in India providing video training data made by humans that is being used to teach robots in the U.S. and China.

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According to CNBC’s source item, Inside India newsletter: Meet the humans teaching robots to perform routine tasks, as India finds a way to enter the AI race, Several companies have cropped up in India providing video training data made by humans that is being used to teach robots in the U.S. and China.

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