India Becomes Founding Member of Global AI Body to Oversee Responsible Use of Advanced Tech

India on Monday became a founding member of an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven global body called the "Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI)" which aims to promote responsible and human centric-development of AI. Other countries involved include the US, UK, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea and Singapore. GPAI will bring together leading experts from industry, civil society, governments and academia to collaborate on ways to show how AI can be leveraged to better respond to the present global crisis around COVID-19. The body will be supported by a Secretariat, to be hosted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, as well as by two Centers of Expertise in Montreal and Paris. The news comes after India recently launched its National AI Strategy and National AI Portal that revolve around leveraging AI across education, agriculture, healthcare, e-commerce, finance, telecommunications and other such sectors.