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15/12/23 07:23 AM IST

Delhi Declaraion on AI

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  • The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), an alliance of 29 members, has unanimously adopted the New Delhi declaration.
Delhi Declaration
  • The New Delhi declaration has attempted to find a balance between innovation and the risks associated with AI systems.
  • The declaration said that a global framework for use of AI should be rooted in democratic values and human rights; safeguarding dignity and well-being; ensuring personal data protection; the protection of applicable intellectual property rights, privacy, and security; fostering innovation; and promoting trustworthy, responsible, sustainable, and human-centred use of AI.
  • GPAI members also promoted equitable access to critical resources for AI innovation including computing, high-quality diverse datasets, algorithms, software, testbeds, and other AI-relevant resources.
  • The declaration also agreed to support AI innovation in the agriculture sector as a new “thematic priority”.
  • GPAI will pursue a diverse membership, with a particular focus on low- and middle-income countries to ensure a broad range of expertise, national and regional views, and experiences based on shared values.
  • Senegal, a current member of the grouping, was elevated to the steering committee of the GPAI.
New Delhi declaration v/s Bletchley declaration
  • GPAI New Delhi declaration addresses the need to tackle AI-related risks, it largely supports innovation in the technology in various sectors, including agriculture and healthcare.
  • The essence of the declaration can be summed up as follows: AI is inherently good and is a catalyst for economic growth, but some harms need to be mitigated along the way.
  • Bletchley declaration put security and safety risks related to AI in the centre of the discussions.
  • At the Bletchley park, 28 major countries including the United States, China, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, and India, and the European Union agreed to sign on a declaration saying global action is needed to tackle the potential risks of AI
  • The declaration noted the “potential for serious, even catastrophic, harm, either deliberate or unintentional, stemming from the most significant capabilities of these AI models”, as well as risks beyond frontier AI, including those of bias and privacy.
Source- Indian Express

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