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Imagine a construction worker from Odisha going to Bangalore to find work. Or a citizen from interior Nagaland trying to interact with the state government. Language is a barrier to both these people and it can make livelihoods rather challenging. But current research in AI – from deep neural networks to massive multi-lingual models – are already trying to solve this problem. 

Credits: 

Narration: Harsha Bhogle

Executive Producer: Gaurav Vaz

Producer: Archana Nathan

Research, Interviews and Scripts: Vinay Aravind

Narrative overview: Charu Sharma and Shriram Parthasarathy

Title track, sound design and background score: Nikhil Rao and Abhijit Nath. 

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