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At a time when Google is moving into an'artificial intelligence first' world, the Internet giant sees India playing a key role for many of its AI related bets. Google's AI technologies are being used for numerous applications such as detecting diabetic retinopathy, hunting for exoplanets using data from space agency NASA and analysing a vast amount of footage shot by drones. "I think [India's role] is a very significant one," Prabhakar Raghavan, vice-president of engineering at Google, told The Hindu. "You need a somewhat technically literate workforce and I am not talking about PhDs in computer science. And if you look at that, India is already a leader by any means," he said.