India’s Role in Shaping AI Governance at the AI Action Summit

  • February 10, 2025
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India’s Role in Shaping AI Governance at the AI Action Summit

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Sec: Awareness in AI, Computer

Why in News

  • India has accepted France’s invitation to co-chair the AI Action Summit scheduled for February 10-11, 2025, in Paris. This summit follows similar global meetings in the UK (2023) and South Korea (2024).

India’s Leadership in AI:

  • India has consistently championed the Global South’s AI interests at multilateral forums such as the G20 and the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI).
  • Under India’s G20 Presidency (2023), the bloc endorsed a pro-innovation AI regulatory approach to balance innovation with risk mitigation.
  • The GPAI Summit, hosted by India, emphasized the need for equitable access to AI infrastructure to enable developing nations to harness AI’s potential.

Key Priorities for India at the AI Action Summit:

  • India’s initiative to establish a national AI computing facility with over 18,600 GPUs and a 40% government subsidy serves as a model for equitable AI access.
  • India should advocate for expanding access to cloud computing platforms, open-source AI models, and distributed computing solutions.
  • Export control restrictions on AI technology hinder AI development—India must push for flexible cross-border AI technology transfers while ensuring safety compliance.
  • India should push for a framework to prioritize AI use cases that address challenges in:
    • Healthcare: AI-powered early disease detection adapted to local healthcare systems.
    • Education: Personalized learning platforms tailored to diverse regional education needs.
    • Agriculture: AI-driven tools optimized for regional farming practices.
  • India should propose the creation of an AI Use-Case Repository to guide AI adoption in developing economies.
  • AI risks in the Global South differ from those in developed nations—India should ensure these concerns are addressed.
  • Cultural erosion due to language models trained primarily on Western data is a major risk for linguistic and cultural diversity.
  • The International Scientific Report on the Safety of Advanced AI highlights that AI risk is derived from both future uncertainties and past harms.
  • India should advocate for a Global AI Risk Repository to document AI-related harms in the Global South, shaping future regulatory approaches.

Previous AI Summits and India’s Engagement:

  • The first summit at Bletchley Park (UK, 2023) focused on AI safety and risks, launching the UK’s AI Safety Institute (AISI).
    • First major global AI safety summit. Discussions on AI existential risks and international regulations.
    • Participating nations included the US, UK, China, and India.
  • AI Safety Summit 2024: Held at Seoul, South Korea
    • Follow-up to the 2023 UK AI Safety Summit. Addressed AI risks, including cybersecurity and deepfake prevention.
  • AI for Good Global Summit 2024: Held at Geneva, Switzerland
    • Organized by the UN’s ITU. Explored AI’s impact on sustainability, education, and public health.
  • World AI Summit 2024: Held at Amsterdam, Netherlands
    • Largest AI summit with global policymakers and tech leaders. Discussed AI regulations, deep learning advancements, and AI ethics.
  • Global INDIAai Summit 2024: Held at New Delhi, India
    • Focused on democratizing AI and India’s leadership in AI innovation.
    • Launch of AI partnerships with OECD and GPAI.
    • Showcase of deep-tech AI startups.

Global Partnership on AI summit:

  • The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) 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.
  • Its establishment was announced during the 2018 G7 Summit by Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and French President Emmanuel Macron.
  • GPAI was officially launched on June 15, 2020
  • The Global Partnership in Artificial Intelligence is described as the ‘fruition of an idea developed within the G7.’
  • GPAI has twenty-nine member states i.e. Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, the Republic of Korea (South Korea), Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union (EU).
  • India joined the GPAI in 2020 as a founding member.
  • Its Secretariat is hosted at the OECD.
  • India had assumed the presidency Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) for 2022-23
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