HAP to take AI governance global

Subject: International Relations

Section: MSc

Concept :

Recently, in the annual Group of Seven (G7) Summit the G7 Hiroshima Leaders’ Communiqué initiated the Hiroshima AI Process (HAP)

Hiroshima AI Process (HAP):

It is an effort by the G7 bloc to determine a way forward to regulate artificial intelligence (AI).
It also encourages international organisations such as the OECD to consider the analysis of the impact of policy developments and the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI) to conduct practical projects.

Significance of HAP for AI:

It will indicate the values and norms and from where AI will derive its guiding principles.
It will align the development and implementation of values of freedom, democracy, and human rights.
It also emphasizes fairness, accountability, transparency, and safety.
The HAP will not address AI regulation from a state-centric perspective but will be a multiple-stakeholder approach through a fair and transparent mechanism.
Regulating AI is a challenge due to divergence among G-7 member countries.
It is said that HAP will be similar to intellectual property rights (IPR).
The HAP will bring greater clarity to the role and scope of the ‘fair use’ doctrine in the use of AI for various purposes.

Global Partnership on AI (GPAI)

It is a multi-stakeholder initiative which aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities.
Launched in June 2020 with 15 members, GPAI is the fruition of an idea developed within the G7.
At present, it has 29 members and India is also a member of this initiative.
Its secretariat is at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).