We will restrict Indian data access to only AI models that are trusted: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

India will restrict access to its datasets to only those artificial intelligence models that are trusted, Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on December 13.

"We have seen that data has been misused by certain geographies and countries. We are putting brakes on that... There should be a conversation globally that models are built on trusted datasets," the minister of state for electronics and information technology said at the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit.

Chandrasekhar said that the group of 28 nations in GPAI should make efforts to agree over the next 6-9 months on what ought to be the basic principles or guardrails governing AI models.

"This has to be a global process, it can't be done excluding somebody... We shouldn't think we can wait for a moment.  I would like this process to have an end point in Korea Safety Summit ... where 28 countries agree to basic guidelines for regulations... If we don't, we will have ourselves to blame," he said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the GPAI Summit on December 12. International delegates will participate in various sessions throughout the event, all focusing on AI. As part of the event, the government is working on a multi-country, consensus-based declaration on AI, specifically on ways to mitigate risks and foster innovation.

The GPAI meet marks the first major event of the alliance’s new council chair, India. The country took over from France as the GPAI council chair in November.

Bringing attention to the harmful side of artificial intelligence, and warning that it could be capable of "destroying the 21st century," PM Modi on December 12 called on countries to work together during the GPAI Summit on a global framework that will promote its responsible development and use.

"AI has the potential to destroy the 21st century," he claimed.

Modi said that if AI tools fall into the hands of terrorists or cyber attackers then it could create havoc.