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India and France co-chaired Artificial Intelligence (AI) Action Summit held in France

Posted 12 Feb 2025

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The summit ended with the Statement on Inclusive and Sustainable Artificial Intelligence for People and the Planet, which is in line with the Paris Pact for People and the Planet

  • It calls for promoting AI accessibility to reduce digital divides, ensuring open, inclusive, transparent and trustworthy AI, enabling conditions for AI innovation, and encouraging AI deployment

Key outcomes of AI Action Summit

An Infographic for Framework for Trustworthy AI
  • Coalition for Environmentally Sustainable AI: It aims to ramp up global momentum to place AI on a more environmentally sustainable path.
    • Initiated by France in collaboration with UN Environment Programme (UNEP) & International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
    • India is a founding member.
  • Current AI: It is a global public interest partnership to promote AI for public good, focussing on ‘data, openness & accountability’. 
    • It aims at raising $2.5 billion over the next five years.
    • India is a partner country.
  • Paris Charter for AI of general interest: Agreed on principles of openness of AI to encourage scientific progress, innovation etc.; accountability at every stage of AI design; participation & transparency in AI for public interest.
    • India adopted the charter.
  • Paris Declaration on Maintaining Human Control in AI enabled Weapon Systems: India didn’t endorse the declaration.
  • Tags :
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Inclusive AI
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