After two days of extensive discussions and sessions, the Global INDIAai Summit 2024 concluded successfully at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. The summit witnessed significant participation, with thousands of global AI experts, policymakers, practitioners, industry/startups, and academia attending physically and over 10,000 AI enthusiasts joining virtually. The side sessions were also streamed live for broader participation.

Key Highlights and Outcomes

In-Depth Discussions

• Sessions covered various aspects, including implementation challenges, Western models, India's unique needs in AI, and strategies for achieving global AI leadership.

Government's AI Democratization Intent

• The Indian government emphasized its commitment to democratizing AI and making it accessible.

INDIAai Mission

• Sessions showcased India's planned actions and commitment to building an inclusive and robust AI ecosystem, aiming for global AI innovation leadership.

Global South Recognition

• Global South countries appreciated India's role in voicing their concerns at the global AI forum and bridging the gap with the Global North.

Collaborative AI on Global Partnership (CAIGP)

• It brought together GPAI members, AI experts, and industry representatives to identify mechanisms for overcoming the global AI divide.

Implementation Insights

• Discussions provided deep insights into various aspects of the INDIAai Mission, including multi-LLM models for India's diverse needs, platformization and standardization of AI-ready data, a partner ecosystem, and a multi-stakeholder approach across technology, policy, framework, research, industry, startups, ethics, youth, business, and academia.

Future Vision of GPAI

• Recognition of AI's transformative potential.
• Acknowledgement of emerging AI risks and challenges.
• Commitment to fostering trustworthy and human-centric AI.
• Reaffirmation of the OECD Recommendation on AI and the UNESCO Recommendation on AI Ethics.
• Emphasis on GPAI's role in global AI cooperation and innovation.

Empowering Talent through AI Education & Skilling

• Keynote by Prof. T G Sitharam, Chairman, AICTE.
• Panelists discussed collaboration among industry, the public sector, and society to build an AI-ready generation, emphasizing human intelligence in an AI-driven world.
• Mutual recognition of certifications and age-appropriate AI learning environments were highlighted.

Multi-stakeholder Dialogue

• Discussions on priority use cases compute capacity, open-source tech, and the AI divide.
• Global South countries appreciated India's efforts to represent their interests in global AI forums.

Support for the Indian Startup Ecosystem

• The INDIAai Mission, with an outlay of ₹10,372 crore, includes ₹2,000 crore for supporting Indian startups in developing indigenous AI solutions.
• Subsidized access to GPU infrastructure for compute, dataset, and skill development was discussed.

Existing Legal Frameworks and Data Platforms

• Emphasis on data creation, collection, and the value driven by data in the national interest.
• Discussions on functional, domain, and application competency in AI skills.

AI in Agriculture

• India's AgriStack, data-driven credit disbursement to farmers and timely agricultural action were discussed.
• The use of AI for micro-credit lending and pre-harvest, harvest, and post-harvest activities was covered.

Overall Insights

• The summit led to insightful deliberations on the INDIAai Mission's implementation aspects, including multi-LLM models, AI-ready data standardization, partner ecosystems, and a multi-stakeholder approach.
• India's strengths in skilled talent, market demand, research, startups, and industrial ecosystems were emphasized.

GPAI Overview

• GPAI, with 29 member countries, supports cutting-edge research and applied AI activities.
• As the lead chair in 2024, India convened global AI experts to discuss critical issues and promote trustworthy AI.

Conclusion

The Global INDIAai Summit 2024 was a significant step towards advancing AI development in India. The summit focused on advancing AI in Compute Capacity, Foundational Models, Datasets, Application Development, Future Skills, Startup Financing, and Safe AI, aligned with the seven key pillars of the INDIAai Mission, which has an approved outlay of USD 1.25 billion. 

Source: Ministry of Electronics & IT