{"id":299595,"date":"2026-02-19T18:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299595\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T18:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T18:12:15","slug":"meta-ai-already-helping-solve-healthcare-farming-and-accessibility-gaps-in-india-says-chief-ai-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/299595\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta AI already helping solve healthcare, farming and accessibility gaps in India, says Chief AI Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"

As India pushes to deploy artificial intelligence to solve real-world problems, Meta says its AI tools are already being used on the ground across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI truly believe we\u2019re on the cusp of a moment where almost anything is possible,\u201d Alexandr Wang, Meta\u2019s Chief AI Officer said at the India AI Impact Summit. But, he added, the goal is not abstract innovation and that science should serve society.<\/p>\n

More than half a billion Indians use at least one of Meta\u2019s apps daily, he noted. \u201cPeople use our AI right here, right now. They\u2019re getting value from it and building amazing things with it.\u201d
From cancer detection to crop health<\/p>\n

In healthcare, researchers at Ashoka University are using Meta\u2019s SAM-3 model to speed up cancer diagnostics. Their AI system, Oncoseg, can help radiologists identify and segment tumours and at-risk organs \u201cin seconds what once took hours manually,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The same underlying technology is being applied in agriculture. \u201cThe beauty of general-purpose models is that the same technology that can segment tumors in the brain can also segment leaves to help farmers assess the health of their crops,\u201d he said, referring to work done by Agripoint.
Tackling digital exclusionAccessibility was another focus area.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 20 million people with disabilities in India are locked out of education, jobs, and digital services because the digital world wasn\u2019t designed for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

An Indian firm, Stem, has built \u201cvoice-first, AI-powered infrastructure\u201d to help people with disabilities convert textbooks into accessible formats and receive personalised career guidance that factors in their disability.<\/p>\n

Language as a development lever<\/p>\n

India\u2019s linguistic diversity also featured prominently.<\/p>\n

Meta has open-sourced omni-lingual speech recognition models that support more than 1,600 languages. \u201cIt\u2019s not a fantasy that, in a few years, we\u2019ll have real-time voice-to-voice translation for every spoken language on Earth,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In India, Meta is working with the government\u2019s AI Coach platform and providing datasets in 10 major Indian languages. \u201cTechnologies shouldn\u2019t be one-size-fits-all \u2014 they should serve local challenges and opportunities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Building responsibly or losing trust<\/p>\n

Addressing concerns about safety and overreach, he acknowledged public skepticism. \u201cYou might be skeptical when I say we\u2019re doing this responsibly but don\u2019t just take our word. Take our incentives.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur AI must work as promised, safely and securely. If it doesn\u2019t, people won\u2019t use it. We\u2019ll lose customers, trust, and competitive edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said unlocking AI\u2019s full promise requires \u201cfour building blocks: talent, energy, data, and compute,\u201d along with strong public-private collaboration.<\/p>\n

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