Athira Sethu
Kochi, 12 February 2025
The India-France Global Summit on AI holds important significance for India as it plays a gigantic role in shaping the future of artificial intelligence (AI) around the world. India showing a leadership position in co-hosting this summit settles a framework of AI governance. India, through the summit, would be able to influence the way AI is developed, enshrining its values and priorities in shaping global AI regulations.
Leadership in AI Governance: While co-hosting the summit, India stands as a leader in shaping AI policies and governance. This boosts influence at global discussions on what the future scope of AI should be, ensuring that the values, priorities, and needs of India are considered during framing global AI regulations.
Enabling Digital Transformation: While reinforcing India’s vision of becoming a global leader in digital transformation, India is quite actively participating in the summit. AI remains a fundamental enabler of that vision, and this summit would offer India the opportunity to showcase initiatives in AI, such as that of the India AI Mission, whose goal is to harness AI for social good and inclusive growth.
Gaining Global Collaboration: The summit is an important platform for India to cooperate with France and with other global powers toward the building of AI technology. Such international cooperation is vital for tackling challenges posed by AI and ensuring that the developments are for the common good, especially in terms of equitable access, ethics, and governance.
Reinforcing AI Infrastructure: India has its eyes set on strengthening AI infrastructure, and participation in such summits provides the opportunity to gain insights, recruitment of resources, and development of global partnerships furthering AI potential. It can also be a show of commitment by India in the advancement of its own AI research and applications.
Promoting Inclusive and Ethical AI: India desires to open up AI benefits for all, even those isolated marginally. The summit allows India to advocate for ethical AI technology development by assuring equality for all; holding human rights and values dear to India its democratic dynamics.
Create jobs and upskill people: It is estimated that AI can create over A million jobs in India. India gets to showcase itself as an AI innovation hub and the Fourth Industrial Revolution leader by emphasizing job creation and workforce upskilling at the summit.
Induces growth: The summit supports India’s position towards achieving rapid AI-powered economic growth. AI attaining a pivotal position in India’s economy allows the summit to serve as a testament to India’s resolve to become a global leader while further encouraging its digital economy and technological development.
The India-France Global AI Summit stands important for India, as it uplifts the country by consolidating the global leadership in governance practices on AI, facilitating national digital transformation goals, triggering international collaborations and responsible and fair development of AI. With the summit, India is setting the stages and creating the pathway for AI globally on behalf of everyone’s interests.
