Workers in rural India powering AI revolutionAFP, BENGALURU, IndiaTending crops by day and then logging on for a night shift of data labeling, 27-year-old Chandmani Kerketta is part of a rising rural Indian workforce helping power an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. The work is basic, but essential for machine learning — data labeling, annotation and quality checks. Artificial intelligence data labeler Chandmani Kerketta poses for a photograph at her family farm in Parchuttu, India, on Jan. 15. “In Jharkhand, farming is everything.”Anju Kumari, 25, another rural AI worker in Jharkhand using a national fiber-optic cable network laid by Indian Railways, said the job had provided her with a pathway to a wider world. Cities such as Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Chennai host major international players, but India’s AI push is also expanding into more remote regions.

Source: Taipei Times February 03, 2026 18:14 UTC