Addressing the 'IndiaAI Global Summit 2024' in the national capital in the presence of global leaders and experts from 50 countries, the minister said that while we look at the potential of AI, we must also collectively find a way to what barriers we need to place to new technology so that it can be properly integrated into our social and democratic institutions.
“Over the past year, there has been a heightened awareness of the dangers, risks and threats that AI can pose to our social institutions. In the recent general elections, we have seen how big a threat misinformation and fake news can pose, and that threat is multiplied thanks to the power of AI,” Minister Vaishnaw emphasized.
He said this is not something that only India is experiencing, but the entire world has witnessed the emergence of new AI-based risks.
"We need to work with the industry to make sure that damage is contained," the minister said.
Whether in India, Europe, Japan or the United States, “we face the same challenges, and the Global South today seeks universal support, a universal thought process, at least some common basic principles on which the world has to respond” . the potentials on the one hand and the challenges on the other,” the Union Minister explained.
Emphasizing that the thought process in India has been to democratize technology under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the minister said technology should be accessible to all.
“The approach that Prime Minister Modi has always taken is that technology should be accessible to all. “Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is a classic case where no payment or service provider has a monopoly on the industry,” the minister said at the meeting.
And this approach is consistent with the last nine-ten years of the 'Digital India' initiative.
"This is very much in line with what we are doing in the health sector, the logistics sector and the financial services sector in the country," the minister said.
“Over the past year, there has been a heightened awareness of the dangers, risks and threats that AI can pose to our social institutions. In the recent general elections, we have seen how big a threat misinformation and fake news can pose, and that threat is multiplied thanks to the power of AI,” Minister Vaishnaw emphasized.
He said this is not something that only India is experiencing, but the entire world has witnessed the emergence of new AI-based risks.
"We need to work with the industry to make sure that damage is contained," the minister said.
Whether in India, Europe, Japan or the United States, “we face the same challenges, and the Global South today seeks universal support, a universal thought process, at least some common basic principles on which the world has to respond” . the potentials on the one hand and the challenges on the other,” the Union Minister explained.
Emphasizing that the thought process in India has been to democratize technology under the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the minister said technology should be accessible to all.
“The approach that Prime Minister Modi has always taken is that technology should be accessible to all. “Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) is a classic case where no payment or service provider has a monopoly on the industry,” the minister said at the meeting.
And this approach is consistent with the last nine-ten years of the 'Digital India' initiative.
"This is very much in line with what we are doing in the health sector, the logistics sector and the financial services sector in the country," the minister said.
