Published 01:35 IST, June 24th 2023
Joe Biden gifts PM Modi special t-shirt with his AI quote written on it
US President Joe Biden presented PM Narendra Modi with a t-shirt during the hi-tech CEO handshake event at the White House on Friday.
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US President Joe Biden gifted a special T-Shirt to PM Narendra Modi during the India-US Hi-Tech handshake event at the White House on Friday (local time). The t-shirt has a quote by PM Modi on AI, which had gained him a standing ovation at his address to the joint sitting of US Congress on Thursday (local time).
"In the past few years, there have been many advances in AI- Artificial Intelligence. At the same time, there has been even more momentous development in another AI - America and India," PM Modi had said at the joint sitting of the US Congress on June 22.
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At the event, PM Modi said the combination of technology and talent will be a guarantee for a bright future for the world.
"This morning (meeting) is only among a few friends but has brought with it the guarantee of a bright future," he said as President Biden nodded.
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Modi, who is on a state visit to the US, also stressed that there is a great opportunity for everyone to take along Biden's vision and capabilities and India's aspirations and possibilities.
The Indian prime minister referred to the event as "honhaar, shandaar, dhardaar" in Hindi and also thanked the US president for his presence.
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Modi further said that representatives of the business community have come from every sector -- from agriculture to space -- with some of them representing well-established firms while some others start-ups.
He said the combination of technology and talent will be a guarantee for a bright future for the world.
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President Biden said their partnership will ensure a free, more secure and prosperous future for the coming generation.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, AMD CEO Lisa Su, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams were among the US-based company representatives who participated in the meeting.
Reliance Industries Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra, Zerodha and True Beacon co-founder Nikhil Kamath and 3rdiTech co-founder Vrinda Kapoor joined the meeting as part of the India business delegation.
(with PTI inputs)
01:35 IST, June 24th 2023