Wipro Ltd, India’s third-largest software services company, announced Wednesday plans to spend $1 billion to train all 250,000 employees in artificial intelligence and integrate the technology into its products. .
Spending over the next three years will also include bringing together 30,000 employees from our cloud, data analytics, consulting and engineering teams to embed technology into all our internal operations and the solutions we deliver to our customers.
“Over the next 12 months, we will train all 250,000 employees on the fundamentals of AI and how to use AI responsibly, with more customized training for employees in AI-specific roles,” the company said in a statement. We will continue to provide consistent and ongoing training.” Artificial intelligence has the potential to create trillions of dollars of value across the economy. Generative AI applications such as ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, and Stable Diffusion have captivated the imagination of people around the world.
Modern generative AI applications can not only perform a variety of everyday tasks such as reorganizing and classifying data, but also have the ability to write text, compose music, and create digital art. .
Wipro will develop a curriculum that plans a complete AI engagement for different roles. After completing the curriculum, employees are qualified through the Decentralized Identity & Credential Exchange (DICE) identity platform.
Wipro will also run hackathons and challenges on its talent cloud platform, TopCoder, to continuously upskill its employees.
“The US$1 billion investment will further evolve Wipro’s AI, data, analytics capabilities and infrastructure, R&D and platform to power FullStride Cloud and help clients adapt to change and unlock new value through AI. It will help us build new consulting capabilities that will serve us well,” the company said. Said.
Wipro will also accelerate investment in cutting-edge startups through Wipro Ventures.
In addition, the company launched the GenAI Seed Accelerator program to provide select GenAI-focused startups with the training they need to be enterprise-ready.
Wipro builds on its 10-year investment in AI with the goal of integrating AI into every platform, every tool and every solution used internally and delivered to customers. He said he will launch Wipro ai360, an AI-first innovation ecosystem.
“In addition to the launch of Wipro ai360, the company also committed to invest $1 billion in advancing AI capabilities over the next three years,” the company said.
Powered by this new investment, Wipro ai360 will help unlock a new era of value, productivity and commercial opportunity through the application of AI and generative AI.
“Artificial Intelligence is a rapidly changing field,” said Thierry Delaporte, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Wipro Limited.
“We expect to see fundamental changes in every industry in the coming years, especially with the emergence of generative AI. New business models, new ways of working, and new challenges. That’s why we put operations at the heart of all our AI work, with the goal of strengthening our talent pool and making it ubiquitous across all our operations and processes, as well as solutions for our clients. With responsible AI at its core, Wipro ai360 brings together 30,000 Wipro experts in data analytics and AI and Wipro’s technology and advisory ecosystem from four global business areas.
Capabilities across clouds and partnerships. Data, analytics, AI. design and consulting. Cybersecurity; leveraged not only for engineering, but also for developing new solutions and embedding AI in all processes and practices.
Wipro’s new global business line model enables new levels of agility, speed and depth of delivery.
The company’s innovation hub, Lab45, will become a core part of the Wipro ai360 ecosystem, providing customers with the talent, training and scale, as well as the research and co-innovation capabilities needed to accelerate AI adoption, the release added. .
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