In response to the growing need for trustworthy AI adoption, leading Indian AI startups, along with think tanks, research organisations, universities, and industry, have come together to form the Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (CoRE-AI).
The 30+ member coalition, with its secretariat at The Dialogue, will deliberate on AI governance, skilling, awareness, and technical competencies and provide a platform to demonstrate the innovation and use cases of AI in India. The coalition comprises four working groups, consisting of AI and Innovation, DPI and AI, Human-Centred AI, and AI Governance.
AI technology and its application across sectors have provided numerous social and economic benefits. In the last few years, this versatile technology has made a significant impact on our daily lives, work, interactions, and lifestyles. This deeper integration of AI into our society comes with its own set of opportunities and challenges. CoRE-AI is an attempt to foster this collective thinking and action by forming a multi-stakeholder coalition and contributing to India's AI journey.
In his video message addressing the launch event of Core-AI, S. Krishnan, Secretary, MeitY, said that the world expects India to take leadership, especially on behalf of the Global South, in this critical area of application of AI, and hence the kind of voice that India will have in this space and the kind of leadership role that it will have will greatly influence the way the ethical stance on AI will also evolve and the way that we will be able to apply AI in a manner that works for everybody. The government welcomes support and interventions from a wide range of players who can bring relevant information to the table on this aspect. And taking in all of these inputs, undoubtedly a robust framework will emerge where India will also be able to not just use AI for the benefit of its own people but also play a leadership role globally.
Suparna Singh, Member of the Executive Committee of CoRE-AI and CEO of Frammer AI, welcomed the setting up of the coalition and spoke about the need to incentivise AI innovation in India. Sangeeta Gupta, Executive Committee Member of CoRE-AI, and VP and Chief Strategy Officer, NASSCOM, spoke about the need to focus on AI adoption while at the same time highlighting the importance of an enabling environment by the government. Kazim Rizvi, founder of The Dialogue, highlighted the need for a diverse set of stakeholders to deliberate on the future governance of AI while at the same time developing a platform that showcases AI innovation taking place in India.
