"Empowering Indian Villages with AI Skills: Microsoft's Ambitious Initiative"

Karya, a social impact organization, is creating high-quality datasets in Indian languages to train AI models while providing jobs and education to rural Indians, mainly women. By recording stories in their native languages, workers like Baby Rajaram Bokale are not only helping to train AI models but also learning valuable lessons about personal finance. Karya aims to lift people out of poverty and make technology accessible in under-resourced languages, partnering with nonprofits and engaging whole communities in the project. The organization pays workers above minimum wage, offers training, and plans to share profits with workers.