World Bank urges developing countries to build 'small AI'

World Bank chief knowledge officer Paschal Donohoe urged developing countries to build specialized 'small AI' models that run on phones with low connectivity and local languages, citing Indian farmers' soil analysis, saying it could compress economic development from centuries to decades.

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