India and US should deepen conversation on AI, says Garcetti

Garcetti, however, said that while there had been deep conversations on the issue between the countries, there was no formal proposal yet from either side.

Garcetti said US President Joe Biden had spoken strongly on the issue. Biden last month issued an executive order requiring AI manufacturers to provide the federal government with an assessment of their applications’ vulnerability to cyberattacks, the data used to train and test the AI, and its performance measurements.

At the India-US 2+2 dialogue last week, Garcetti said the two sides took important steps towards strengthening the major defence partnership and increasing the acceleration through initiatives such as the US-India roadmap in industrial cooperation and defence.

Monday, while pitching for India-US collaboration and cooperation in emerging domains, he said: “…we sometimes just focus on weapons and what is being sold, or co-developed, but the operational level of our militaries…is as critical as any equipment.”

Garcetti also said countries should “discuss ways to deepen our science and our technology partnerships to harness technology for the global good instead of technology that divides us.”