India, Jan. 14 -- Welcome to The AI Shift by Inc42, our all-new newsletter that delves deep into the world of artificial intelligence, LLMs, big tech giants and the major trends sweeping the Indian startup and tech ecosystem. Here's the second edition; do send us your feedback and suggestions so we can improve as we go along!

Indians did not learn to engage with technology because of AI. We have been doing it for years. Long before smartphones, dashboards, and mobile apps were the norm, we engaged with technology through customer support, IVRS, and call centres. Speaking, not typing, was how things really worked back then.

However, as technology grew its influence, the nation's digital ecosystem began to be built around text. For a coun...