Govt to use artificial intelligence for good governance, says Suresh Prabhu

Union minister of commerce & industry and civil aviation Suresh Prabhu has said that the government will use Artificial Intelligence (AI) for good governance and proper regulations and corrective action will be taken to protect citizens’ privacy and ownership of data. India is transporting more data than the US and China put together and the top six companies in the world are using this data with value addition and monetisation. Prabhu added that India is strengthening its legal system and regulatory framework to deal with this world of digital data.

The minister said that AI is the technology of today and one who masters this will rule the world. Every country is developing an AI strategy and India too is working on developing a strategy for the use of AI for the common good. He was speaking at the International Colloquium on Ethics and Governance of Autonomous AI System for a Better World held in New Delhi early this week. The two-day Colloquium was organised by department of science and technology, CMS, ITUAPT and InfocomThink Tank.