‘India leads in AI adoption’: PM Modi addresses plenary session at AI Action Summit in Paris

excellencies friends let me begin with a simple experiment if you upload your medical report to an AI app it can explain in simple language free of any jargon what it means for your health but if you ask the same app to draw an image of someone writing with their left hand and the app will most likely draw someone writing with the right hand because that is what the training data is dominated by it shows that while the positive potential of AI is absolutely amazing there are many biases that we need to think carefully about that

is why I grateful to my friend president macron for hosting this Sumit and for inviting me to coach Char it friends AI is already reshaping our poity our economy our security and even our society AI is writing the code for Humanity AI is right I think the code for Humanity in this Century but it is very different from other technology milestones in human history AI is developing at an unprecedented scale and speed and being adapted and deployed even faster there is also a deep interdependence across borders therefore there is a need for Collective Global efforts

to establish governance and standards that upload our shared values address risks and build trust but governance is not just about managing risks and rival R it is also about promoting Innovation and deploying it for the global good so we must think deeply and discuss openly about Innovation and governance governance is also about ensuring access to all especially in the global South it is where the capabilities are most lacking be it compute power Talent data or the financial resources friends AI can help transform millions of lives by improving health education Agriculture and so much more it

can help create a world in which the journey to sustainable development goals becomes easier and faster to do this we must pull together resources and talent we must develop open source systems that enhance trust and transparency we must build quality data sets free from biases we must democratize technology and create people Centric applications we must address concerns related to cyber security disinformation and Dees and we must also ensure that technology is rooted in local ecosystems for it to be effective and useful friend loss of jobs is ai's most fear disruption but history has shown that

work does not disappear due to technology it nature changes and new types of jobs are created we need to invest in Skilling and RK killing our people for an AI driven future friends there is no doubt that the high energy intensity of AI needs to be looked into this will require green power to fuel it future India and France have worked together for years through initiatives like the international solar Alliance to harness the power of the Sun as we advance our partnership to AI it is a natural progression from sustainability to innovation to shape a

smarter and responsible future at the same time sustainable AI does not only mean using clean energy AI models must also be efficient and sustainable in size data needs and resources requirements after all the human brain manages to compose poetry and design spaceships using less power than most light bulbs friends India has successfully built a digital public infrastructure for over 1.4 billion people at a very low cost it is built around an open and accessible Network it has regulations and a wide range of applications to modernize our economy reform governance and transform the lives of our

people we have unlocked the power of data through our data empowerment and protection architecture and we have made digit Commerce Democratic and accessible to all this vision is the foundation of India National AI mission that is why during our G20 presidency we built a consensus on hearing a a i responsibly for good and for all today India leads in AI adoption and techn legal Solutions on data privacy we are developing AI applications for public good we have one of the world's largest AI Talent pools India is building its own large language model considering our diversity

we also have a unique public private partnership model for pulling resources like compute power it is made available to our startups and researchers at an affordable cost and India is ready to share it experience and expertise to ensure that AI future is for good and for all friends we are at the dawn of the AI age that will save the course of humanity some people worry about machines becoming Superior in intelligence to humans but no one holds the key to our Collective future and shared Destiny other than us [Music] humans that sense of responsibility must

guide us thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] y [Music]