Global standard for AI: Can we bell the cat?
NEW DELHI : India’s B20 task force has recommended setting up a regulatory framework for “responsible AI", and PM Narendra Modi has called for a global AI framework to promote ethical development. Mint decodes if such a global regulatory model is achievable. Talk of regulating artificial intelligence (AI) really became mainstream in the aftermath of the popularization of private tech firm OpenAI’s ChatGPT.
Since new AI tools can mimic human cognitive abilities and create deepfakes that are hard to distinguish from original audio and video, global tech leaders say a framework is needed to regulate the tech. The B20 Summit said regulating AI would be crucial to enable global real-time payments, maintain trust at workplaces, prevent cyber attacks and, most importantly, ensure that the internet does not become fragmented by regulations in different countries. On Sunday, Modi told the B20 Summit India in Delhi that there is a need for a global framework on ethical AI.
B20 is the G20 business forum. A panel featuring Microsoft vice-chair Brad Smith, Adobe chief Shantanu Narayen, IBM chief Arvind Krishna and others highlighted the role of AI in finance, cloud services, healthcare and infrastructure. OpenAI chief Sam Altman has said AI must be regulated to reduce its role in fraud and warfare.
But laws must not restrict innovation. A B20 task force asked India to set up regulations to establish checks on firms in India and globally, while enabling innovation. Take civil aviation.
Every nation has its own commercial aviation regulator to lay down what is permissible. But there’s a common framework all nations agree with in order to facilitate international flights—the International Civil Aviation Organization. Microsoft’s Smith
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