This AI powerhouse, by automating approximately 70 per cent of customer interactions in selected industries, has expedited response times, slashing them by an average of 50 per cent.
An open letter says the ‘downstream effects’ of adopting technologies such as AI without essential due diligence and appropriate safeguards, can cause ‘unprecedented disruption’.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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