Worldwide AI

India is a multilingual and multicultural country that came together less than a century ago. The artificial intelligence community, which gained in strength in the 1980s, has had a major focus on research directed toward societal goals of bridging the linguistic and educational divide, and delivers the fruits of information technology to all people. In this article we look at a brief history followed by two examples of research aimed at crossing the language barriers. . Artificial intelligence in India has been pursued by a passionate few over the last few decades. It has not been as widespread as in Europe and the USA.