India Is Well-Positioned To Help Advance Global Talks On AI Issues: Microsoft President

Amid the B20 Summit India 2023, a G20 dialogue forum for the global business community, Microsoft vice chair & president Brad Smith penned a note demonstrating India’s position in the global artificial intelligence (AI) ecosystem. 

In his post, which is the foreword for Microsoft’s report ‘Governing AI: A Blueprint for India’, Smith stated that India is ‘well positioned to help advance a global discussion on AI issues’. According to him, many countries will look to India for a global discussion on subjects related to AI. 

Smith, who is on a visit to India for the G20 Summit, is of the view that India’s efforts to advance the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework mark the country’s potential to lead major economies and drive support for responsible AI development and deployment within the Global South. 

According to Smith, for international-level of AI governance, nations need a multilateral framework that connects various national rules and ensures a certified and safe AI system. He added that working towards a planned internationally interoperable approach to responsible AI is critical for maximising the benefits of AI globally. 

“Recognising that AI governance is a journey, not a destination, we look forward to supporting these efforts in the months and years to come,” Smith wrote. He stated that the world is optimistic about the innovative solutions from India. 

Smith has penned down his perception of India’s AI governance at a time when the Indian government has already announced that it is planning to regulate the uses of AI to protect digital citizens from any cyber harm. 

In July, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar announced, “We will regulate AI as we will regulate Web3 or any emerging technologies to ensure that these technologies don’t harm digital nagriks.”

Many global tech leaders, too, seem to be looking at India, which is an emerging leader in the global tech market. Earlier, OpenAI’s CEO Sam Altman made a similar note after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the need to regulate AI usage globally and the opportunities that India can present in this process. 

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