The government is getting ready to start the India AI Program soon: Chandrasekhar Rajeev

 The government is getting ready to start the India AI Program soon: Chandrasekhar Rajeev

The union minister said at the Nasscom Future Forge event that the India AI initiative would shift the emphasis of the tech and startup ecosystem to practical use cases in security, agriculture, and governance.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the minister of state for electronics as well as knowledge technology, said on Tuesday night that the government is preparing to start the India AI initiative shortly. "The AI initiative in India is going to be exceptionally well-funded, designed, and implemented," Chandrasekhar said digitally at the 2023 Nasscom Tomorrow Forge event. "It will shift our startup ecosystem's emphasis to practical applications in governance, security, and agriculture."

Industry insiders claim that the show could debut on December 11. A three-day worldwide conference on artificial intelligence will take place in New Delhi, India, starting on December 12. The highest point of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) will center on a number of important AI-related topics, such as innovation and commercialization, data governance, the future of work, and responsible AI.

We anticipate that the New Delhi Declaration would forward the Bletchley Declaration in a more cohesive manner," Chandrasekhar said. "This is being (achieved) through investment, growth, expansion, innovation, safety, as well as trust."

The minister recently visited the AI Safety Summit 2023, which brought together participants from 28 countries—including the US and China—at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, UK. The countries who took part in the meeting approved "The Bletchley Declaration." The paper promotes a deeper investigation of AI's whole potential and emphasizes the significance of coordinating AI systems with human aims.

Chandrasekhar said, "Technology must be optimized for its development, innovation, and benefit. "However, there must undoubtedly be regulations pertaining to the security, credibility, and responsibility of digital platforms." But when it comes to this, India is doing things differently than other nations. He said that efforts to demonize AI are still ongoing in certain nations.

"This cannot be a binary conversation where the level of regulation surrounding safety and trust is so high that it stifles creativity," Chandrasekhar said. "Innovation and using AI to make the digital economy more kinetic are our top priorities." During the Nasscom gathering, Chandrasekhar was questioned about the government's approach to the problem of entrepreneurs' persistent difficulty obtaining data. He was also questioned on the problems with data standards in industries including banking, healthcare, and the military. A general strategy for data is a barrier since it must be sector-specific.