AI Mission to help startups with computing power: PM Narendra Modi

Posted under: AI technologies
Date: 2023-12-14
AI Mission to help startups with computing power: PM Narendra Modi

India is set to launch an AI mission, as announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit. The mission aims to boost AI computing capabilities in India, offering opportunities to startups and innovators. It will focus on applying AI in sectors like agriculture, healthcare, and education. Modi emphasized the use of existing industrial training institutes to promote AI skills in Tier II and Tier III cities. While acknowledging AI's negative impacts, he called for a global framework to ensure ethical AI use, including protocols for testing and deploying high-risk AI tools. Modi highlighted the potential of AI to achieve sustainable development goals and stressed the importance of inclusive AI technology development. He urged caution in AI use, addressed risks and challenges, and advocated for transparency in data and algorithms to democratize AI.