Syllabus :GS 3/Science and Tech
In News
- Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw announced India will launch an indigenous AI model and establish an AI Safety Institute (AISI) under the IndiaAI Mission to ensure safe and trusted AI development.
| Global Scenarios – Countries like the U.K., U.S., Singapore, and Japan have set up AI Safety Institutes (AISIs) to address AI risks, with a focus on global collaboration and technical understanding. 1. U.K.’s AISI launched the open-source platform ‘Inspect’ for evaluating AI models. 2. U.S.’s AISI formed an inter-departmental taskforce to address AI risks related to national security and public safety. 3. Singapore’s AISI focuses on safe model design and rigorous testing. |
India’s AI Safety Institute
- The AISI will operate under the Safe and Trusted Pillar and will focus on addressing AI risks.
- India’s AISI will collaborate with academics, startups, industry, and government to address India’s socioeconomic, linguistic, and technological challenges.
- India’s AISI will develop indigenous tools and frameworks that prioritize responsible AI while ensuring interoperability with global AI safety networks.
- India’s collaboration with MeitY and UNESCO will help identify gaps in AI ethics and development.
Need
- The Bletchley Declaration from the U.K. AI Safety Summit highlights global threats like cybersecurity and disinformation.
- India’s vibrant startup ecosystem, like Karya, is tackling issues like unrepresentative data and multilingual AI development for inclusivity.
- The Economic Survey 2024-25 highlighted that India’s workforce in low-skill and low-value-added services remains vulnerable to AI disruptions.
- It recommended creating “robust institutions” to help workers transition to medium-and high-skilled jobs, where AI can augment rather than replace them.
Importance
- India’s AI Safety Institute can champion local concerns, such as bias, discrimination, social exclusion, gendered risks, and individual privacy.
- It can influence global discussions on AI risks, mitigations, red-teaming, and standardization.
- It is a key step in creating a standardized AI safety taxonomy for consistent understanding and communication among stakeholders.
- India can position itself as a unifying voice for the global majority in AI governance, building on its leadership in G20 and the Global Partnership on AI (GPAI).
Suggestions and Way Forward
- India’s AISI needs to strike a balance between local relevance and global alignment by adopting international standards while adapting them to India’s context.
- India’s AISI should help create a global framework to share information about AI models and their potential impacts, promoting transparency.
- India can lead AI safety efforts in the Global South by co-developing AI safety frameworks and evaluation metrics to address local challenges.
| Do you know? – IndiaAI Mission was launched on March 7th, 2024 to enhance India’s global leadership in AI and ensure its benefits reach all sectors of society. – The Mission has introduced 7 key pillars to strengthen India’s AI ecosystem. – It emphasizes developing indigenous technical tools, guidelines, frameworks, and standards that address India’s unique challenges and opportunities, including its social, cultural, linguistic, and economic diversity. |
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