Global Partnership On AI Member Nations Unanimously Adopt New Delhi Declaration

The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, an alliance of 29 members, has unanimously adopted the New Delhi declaration, affirming commitment to a collaborative approach on applications that benefit people and drive a global governance framework for safe and trusted AI.

The declaration also seeks to ensure that AI and its benefits are inclusive and available to all the countries of the world, including the Global South, Minister of State for IT and Electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar said at a briefing during the ongoing Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) Summit 2023.

"We had a 4.5 hour ministerial council meeting where 29 partner countries of GPAI participated and have unanimously adopted the New Delhi declaration, which promises to position GPAI at the front and centre of shaping the future of AI in terms of innovation, and for collaborative AI between partner nations to create applications of AI in healthcare, agriculture and many other areas that concern all of our countries and people," he said.

Chandrasekhar said the member nations agreed that GPAI will play a central role in shaping the future of AI governance and lead conversations on safe and trusted AI.

"We have also agreed that GPAI, in keeping with the values of our partner countries, will be an inclusive partnership, which will focus on including countries from Global South and making available the benefits of AI and AI platforms, and solutions to all the people of the world, including people of global south," he noted.