Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, recently praised India's remarkable AI adoption rate and its flourishing creativity in the field. He made these comments on X (formerly Twitter), highlighting India's rapid progress surpassing other nations.
Altman's statement sparked curiosity, with X users seeking evidence. He previously visited India in February, identifying it as OpenAI's second-largest market.
To further emphasize his point, Altman shared an AI-generated image of himself as a cricket player in anime style, wearing a Team India jersey. This showcases the creative potential he sees within India's AI capabilities.
These comments followed OpenAI's launch of a GPT-4 update, improving image generation capabilities, demonstrating further advancements in AI technology.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman hailed India’s AI creativity [File] | Photo Credit: REUTERS
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman piqued the curiosity of Indian users on the social media platform X when he praised the country’s AI adoption rates, and also shared an AI picture of himself playing cricket.
“[W]hat’s happening with ai adoption in india right now is amazing to watch. we love to see the explosion of creativity--india is outpacing the world,” posted Altman on X on April 2.
X users tried to understand why Altman was singling out India for compliments, with some asking the Perplexity or Grok chatbots for proof of his statements.
Altman in February visited India, where he had a fireside chat with IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw. At the time, the OpenAI CEO said that India was the company’s second biggest market and stressed on its importance.
The founder’s more recent comments came days after OpenAI launched a GPT4o update that enabled people to generate more accurate images or illustrations of photos across a variety of artistic styles.
Altman further shared an anime-style picture of himself as a cricket player, wearing a Team India jersey.
prompt: sam altman as a cricket player in anime style pic.twitter.com/kgflS6dT6o
— Sam Altman (@sama) April 2, 2025
Published - April 03, 2025 02:38 pm IST
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