LUCKNOW, Feb. 22 -- Top artificial intelligence (AI) experts and investors, who took part in the three-day groundbreaking ceremony (GBC) 4.0 that ended here on Wednesday, have expressed optimism over the state government's commitment and potential of Uttar Pradesh to become an AI hub.

On February 20, CM Yogi Adityanath said that Uttar Pradesh is poised to emerge as a data centre hub with Lucknow as a prominent centre of artificial intelligence (AI) at an event held as part of the GBC 4.0.

"Four weeks back, I met a delegation from Uttar Pradesh at the World Economic Forum in Davos. We held discussed and exchanged ideas on how the ETH AI Center and U.P. could build synergies," Daniel Naeff, head of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, ETH AI ...