“Our planet is blessed with several languages. In India, we have several languages and dialects; such diversity makes us a better society. As professor Raj Reddy suggested, why not use AI to seamlessly breach the language barrier?” said PM Modi during his speech on the opening of the Responsible AI for Social Empowerment (RAISE), 2020 summit.

It may be noted that the same sentiment was echoed by the National e-Governance Division (NeGD) and MyGov CEO Abhishek Singh, who said that Meity would be soon approaching the cabinet to introduce AI-based programmes for overcoming language barriers, just recently. So can AI really transform or rather break the linguistic barrier?

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