India urges GPAI member states to work on a common framework for AI

India has urged member states of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) to work together on evolving a common framework of rules and regulations to prevent user harm from Artificial Intelligence (AI).

Addressing the closing session of the three-day GPAI summit held in Tokyo, the minister of state for electronics and information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that it was important for member nations to understand that user harm, criminality and issues that threaten trust online were proliferating.

“We all should be concerned about user harm. I would encourage member states to think about evolving a common framework of rules and guidelines about data governance, about safety and trust as much to do with the internet as to do with AI,” Chandrasekhar said, addressing the summit virtually.


The GPAI, which has 25 member nations that include countries such as the US, the UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and the Republic of Korea among others, was founded in 2020 to support responsible and human-centric development and use of AI.

India, which is the current chair of GPAI, had joined the 25-nation alliance in 2020 as a founding member.