Microsoft's AI Initiative for People with Disabilities By CIOREVEIW TEAM

At the developer's conference of Microsoft, the CEO of the company Satya Nadella announced a five year'Artificial Intelligence for Accessibility' project of $25 million to utilize the full potential of AI for the betterment of the lives of people with disabilities. The project is for the researchers, the NGOs, and developers. During the conference, Satya Nadella said, "It is important for us to help more people and it's been a passion of mine to help people suffering from disabilities like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and autism. The AI for accessibility will provide technologies and platform for the developers to use AI solutions to help billions of people". Across the world, 1 out of 10 people with the disabilities has access to assistive technologies.