The Sri Lanka Association for Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM) announced that it has launched the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Centre of Excellence (AICx) with the aim of positioning Sri Lanka as a key competency centre for AI in Asia. AICx will serve as a platform for those who are advocates in AI and passionately involved in different focus areas to come together and help drive the AI agenda for Sri Lanka. The AICx has already laid the groundwork for this vision by engaging with global leaders in AI to help catapult AI growth and create more opportunities for Sri Lanka. “We will focus on those areas which are relevant, impactful, and have long term value for Sri Lanka. SLASSCOM took a pioneering step in Sri Lanka by hosting the AI Asia Summit in 2018 and 2019.

Source: The Nation December 06, 2020 22:18 UTC