Narayana Murthy Slams Tech Companies For Branding Ordinary Software As AI, Says ‘Silly, Old Programmes’
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Raising concerns over how the term “artificial intelligence” is being casually used by tech firms in India, Murthy said that it has now become a “fashion” of labeling ordinary software as AI.
Infosys founder Narayana Murthy (File Photo)
Infosys founder Narayana Murthy on Tuesday warned against the rising artificial intelligence trend in India, and called out “silly old programs” being paraded as AI by tech companies in India. Raising concerns over how the term “artificial intelligence” is being casually used by tech firms in India, Murthy said that it has now become a “fashion” of labeling ordinary software as AI.
Speaking at TiE Con Mumbai 2025, Murthy warned that what many companies parade as AI are nothing more than “silly, old programs” dressed up in hype. “I think somehow it has become a fashion in India to talk of AI for everything. I have seen several normal ordinary programs touted as AI,” he was quoted as saying in a Bussiness report.
Murthy further explained the basic fundamental principles of artificial intelligence – machine learning and deep learning – and their applications.
Machine learning, he said, is a “large-scale correlation” and, therefore, helps to predict using a large amount of data, and deep learning imitates the working of the human brain.
“So unsupervised data, which uses deep learning and neural networks, has much greater potential to do things that mimic human behaviour better. But what I am seeing being called AI is silly, old programs,” Murthy said.
Previously, Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy ignited a nationwide debate by suggesting that the youth of India should be prepared to work 70 hours a week to elevate the country’s work culture in order for us to compete effectively on the global stage.
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