‘AI for all’: India will take full advantage of AI for social development & inclusive growth, says PM Modi at Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit | India News

NEW DELHI: AI has the potential to revolutionise India’s technology landscape but one must tread very cautiously, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday at the inaugural ceremony of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023, being held in Delhi.
Noting that the summit is being organised at a time when a huge debate is underway across the world over how AI should be used, the PM highlighted how India was harnessing AI to transform the health sector and assist in sustainable development.
India will take full advantage of AI: PM Modi
“Our development mantra in India is, Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas. We have prepared government policies and programs inspired by the spirit of ‘AI For All’. Our endeavour is to take full advantage of the capabilities of AI for social development and inclusive growth. India is fully committed to responsible and ethical use of AI,” the PM said.

PM Modi highlighted that India is the most prominent player in AI talent and new ideas related to AI. “In India, we are witnessing an AI innovation spirit. India’s young tech experts and researchers are exploring the limits.”
‘Must proceed with caution’
The PM added that the direction of AI development will be “dependent on human values as well as democratic values” and noted the “need for a global framework for ethical use of AI”.

“The more inclusive the development journey of AI is, the better results society will achieve. Learning from past decades where there was inequality in access to technology, we must now safeguard society from such harm. When democratic values join technology, it acts as a multiplier for inclusivity,” he said.
“AI is having a significant impact on both present and future generations. We must proceed with extreme caution. I believe that the suggestions and ideas emerging from this summit will help us safeguard the world from the potential risks and challenges posed by the darker aspects of AI,” he said, adding that India is “committed to responsible and ethical use of AI”.
He further said that as long as “ethical, economic and social concerns are addressed”, trust in AI will continue to rise. But he warned that “global security will be threatened if terrorists get hold of AI”.
“AI has several positive impacts, but it has many negative impacts too which is a matter of concern. AI can become the biggest tool in the development of the 21st century. But it can also play the biggest role in destroying the 21st century … Deepfake is a challenge for the whole world … AI tools going into the hands of terrorists are also a big threat. If terrorist organisations get AI weapons, this will have a huge impact on global security… We need to plan how to tackle this,” PM Modi said in his address to the summit.