India clear about how to mitigate downsides of AI: MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar at AI summit

India acknowledges the big opportunity that artificial intelligence (AI) presents and is "extremely clear" about how to mitigate the problems it may pose, minister of state for electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at the AI Safety Summit currently underway in Britain.

He presented his views on AI and policy surrounding the technology in a round-table discussion, “What should National Policymakers do?”.



"PM Narendra Modi has argued that the future of tech should be driven by international collaborations and coalition of nations rather than just a few countries," he said.

“For India, all things digital represent real goals and real objectives and AI for us is a kinetic enabler of the already expanding digital economy,” he added.

Hosted by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire, the home of modern computing where celebrated British mathematician Alan Turing's team broke the Enigma code, the summit is bringing together representatives from 27 countries.

Besides, businesses, civil society, and AI experts, tech billionaire Elon Musk and OpenAI's Sam Altman, will participate in the first global summit of its kind to discuss the global future of AI and its risks.

On day one of the summit, UK Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan set out the UK government's vision for safety and security to be at the heart of advances in AI, in order to enable the enormous opportunities it will bring.

It follows Sunak's big push to pitch the UK as a leader in examining and testing new types of AI, announcing Britain as the headquarters of the world's first AI Safety Institute. He will be joining world leaders on Thursday for closed-door roundtables and discussions.