On Wednesday, the participants in the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) reaffirmed their dedication to the initiative’s long-term goals and decided to build on their collaboration in order to fully realise the potential of reliable, human-centered AI for the benefit of all.
On the first day of the Global India AI summit in Delhi, during the sixth meeting of the GPAI Ministerial Council, member nations committed to a shared 19-point agenda.
Jitin Prasada, the Union’s Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Hiroshi Yoshida, the departing chair and vice minister of Japan, and Jelena Begovic, the incoming chair of GPAI, Serbia, were present at the meeting. Participants in the meeting included representatives from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
The members applauded Serbia’s selection to serve as GPAI’s lead chair for 2024–2025. Later this year, in Serbia, the 29-member GPAI organisation is expected to hold its annual summit.
The agreement to promote trustworthy and human-centric AI, acknowledging the new risks and challenges posed by AI systems, adhering to the New Delhi 2023 GPAI Ministerial declaration, and supporting the OECD and Unesco recommendations on AI ethics were among the main points of the consensus agenda.
Additionally, the members have decided to develop a new vision for GPAI through an integrated collaboration with the OECD, which will unite all of the OECD’s current members as well as the nations that make up GPAI on an equal footing under the GPAI brand, all based on the OECD’s AI suggestion.
The Hiroshima AI Process, the Council of Europe, and the 2023 Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit are just a few of the international groups that have launched AI efforts. The GPAI fora have also emphasised the importance of fostering synergies with these programmes.
“India’s leadership in the global AI discourse is highlighted by the 2024 GPAI New Delhi meeting and the consensus reached on the organization’s future, solidifying its crucial role in guiding the ethical and inclusive development of AI.” According to a news release from the IT ministry, “This will pave the way for the renewed integrated partnership to achieve its objectives of harnessing the potential of AI for good and for all.”