Trust is essential to adoption of AI: Gargi Dasgupta of IBM Research India

In a Q&A, the firm's director dwells on the impact of climate change on business output and how her company's Environmental Intelligence Suite aims to reduce this risk

With climate change threatening to impact business output, too, IBM Research recently launched its Environmental Intelligence Suite, which has a significant contribution from its India team. Gargi Dasgupta, Director, IBM Research India, spoke to Shivani Shinde about the company’s use of artificial intelligence and analytics to reduce this risk, dwelling on the significance of the India team in IBM Research’s global roadmap. Edited excerpts:

How is the Environmental Intelligence Suite application different from what is already available in the market?

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