Ernst and Young (EY), the leading global professional services organisation, on Friday announced its plans to enhance its suite of automation and artificial intelligence offerings with the opening of its first Artificial Intelligence (AI) Center in India.

The AI Center resonates with EY’s purpose of “building a better working world”, by helping businesses to accelerate innovation and leverage on emerging technologies to operate more efficiently, manage risk and inspire confidence.

Milan Sheth, Partner – Advisory Services and Technology Sector Leader, EY India, said: “The current wave of digital innovation is disrupting sectors and businesses in unprecedented ways. The Center will help organizations find new ways to deploy new technologies across a range of functions in their business environment and build a more digital workforce of the future.”

EY’s AI Center will bring together teams of multi-disciplinary practitioners, combining expertise in AI, robotics etc. along with domain experience in sectors.

According to Sheth, artificial intelligence is already being deployed across industries such as automotive, telecom and technology. The launch of the AI Center, he said, aims to lead the next step of this transformation journey by helping enterprises combine AI’s autonomous reasoning with systemized learning opportunities.”