17 October 2024 : PIB Summary For UPSC

1. India Commits to Ethical AI with New EoI initiative

(Source – https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=2065579&reg=3&lang=1 )

Context

The IndiaAI Mission has launched eight Responsible AI Projects to promote ethical AI development under the Safe and Trusted AI Pillar. Selected from over 2,000 proposals, these projects aim to address critical themes such as AI bias mitigation and privacy enhancement. The initiative focuses on creating indigenous governance tools and frameworks tailored to India’s unique challenges.

IndiaAI Mission:

• Objective: Establish a robust AI computing infrastructure in India to support AI development and testing.
• Focus Areas: Enhance data quality, develop indigenous AI technologies, attract talent, foster industry collaboration, support impactful startups, and promote ethical AI practices.
• Financial Backing: Union Cabinet approved a budget of ₹10,372 crore for the mission in March 2024, targeting computing capacity of over 10,000 GPUs.
• Key Components:
  • Application Development: Promotion of AI applications for government sectors to drive socio-economic transformation.
  • Education Initiatives: Expansion of AI education through various academic programs and labs in smaller cities.
  • Startup Financing: Streamlined funding access for deep-tech AI startups, with an additional ₹2,000 crore earmarked for growth support.
  • Compute Capacity: Creation of an AI ecosystem with over 10,000 GPUs and an AI resource marketplace.
  • Innovation Centre: Development of indigenous Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) with ₹2,000 crore allocated.
  • Datasets Platform: Unified access to quality non-personal datasets for startups and researchers.
  • Ethical AI: Establishment of guidelines and frameworks to ensure responsible AI practices.

PYQ: Introduce the concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI). How does AI help clinical diagnosis? Do you perceive any threat to privacy of the individual in the use of Al in healthcare? (150 words/10m) (UPSC CSE (M) GS-3 2023)

Practice Question:  Discuss the importance of ethical AI in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence technologies. Analyse the potential challenges associated with ensuring ethical practices in artificial intelligence. (150 Words /10 marks)