Google has announced two newest grants for organisations who work on AI for social good, and a safer internet for everyone.
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One of the organisations backed by Google is Wadhwani AI’s CottonAce app that received a funding of $3.3 million (Rs 27 crore). It got the grant for developing and deploying AI that is helping farmers across India.
Wadhwani AI developed CottonAce, an AI-powered app available in 9 Indian languages that provides farmers real-time advice on crop resilience and pest management, including judicious and appropriate fertilizer and pesticide use.
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Google.org also provided a $4 million (Rs 33 crore) grant to the CyberPeace Foundation, a cybersecurity advocacy organization, to develop and execute a nationwide awareness and capacity-building initiative to equip 40 million people across India with fact-checking techniques and guidelines for responsible online behavior via a comprehensive online learning center offering resources in over 15 Indian languages.
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At Google for India, the company shared that the support to India’s changemakers through Google.org has now crossed $50 million over the last eight years.
