Archive · 8 Jan 2026

Tharoor impressed by young AI developer

Tharoor impressed by young AI developer

Shashi Tharoor, a Congress MP, had a surprising and inspiring talk with a 16-year-old named Raul John Aju while traveling on a train.

Raul is really good at working with computers and artificial intelligence.

They talked about how AI should be able to understand many different languages, not just English.

Raul and his friend Ishaan are already making systems that can understand Malayalam, Hindi, and Urdu.

Tharoor was very happy to meet such a smart and hardworking young person and feels hopeful about India's future because of innovators like Raul.

Raul has been working on AI since he was six years old and has even trained many people in AI.

He believes AI should help people and not replace them.

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