India, Aug. 25 -- A small farmer in Madhya Pradesh may not think of himself as a "tech user." But before sowing his crop, he uses a voice-enabled AI advisory service in his dialect that guides him on weather conditions, soil preparation, and government schemes. At the same time, a woman running a small dairy in Bihar uses an AI-powered app to track cattle health and milk yields. For her, what was once dependent on the advice of a visiting veterinarian now comes through a simple voice prompt in her native dialect, saving her both costs and uncertainty. In Kerala, a fisherman may not know what "machine learning" is, but he does know that the real-time weather alerts on his phone help him avoid treacherous tides.

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