Context: According to Ministry of Electronics and IT India will take over the chair of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence for 2022-23 at a meeting of the body in Tokyo on November 21.

Key Points

• India will take over the chair of the Global partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) from France.

• This development comes on the heels of assuming the Presidency of the G20, a league of the world’s largest economies.

• Artificial Intelligence is a Kinetic enabler for growth of India’s Technology ecosystem & a force multiplier for achieving the $1 Trillion Digital Economy goal by 2025.

About Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) 

• GPAI was launched in June 2020 and is the fruition of an idea developed within the G7. GPAI is a group of 25 member countries and India joined GPAI in 2020 as a founding member.

• Aim: To bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities.

• Members: It consists of 25 member countries including India, the US, the UK, European Union, Australia, and Canada among others.

• GPAI is a multi-stakeholder initiative which aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities.

• GPAI brings together engaged minds and expertise from science, industry, civil society, governments, international organisations and academia to foster international cooperation.

• In its first few years, GPAI experts will collaborate across four working groups on the themes of responsible AI (including a subgroup on AI and pandemic response), data governance, the future of work, and innovation and commercialisation.

Significance of India chairing GPAI

• Artificial Intelligence is expected to add 967 billion US dollars to the Indian economy by 2035. 

• It is also expected to add 450 to 500 billion US dollars to India’s GDP by 2025 accounting for 10% of the country’s 5 trillion dollar GDP target. 

• India occupying the chair of GPAI signifies how the world perceives India as a Trusted Technology partner and one that has always advocated for the ethical use of technology for transforming citizens’ lives.