The Importance of AI Safety Institutes
This essay traces the evolution of AI safety institutes around the world, explores different national approaches, and examines the need for an AI safety institute in India.
· June 28, 2024
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About the Project
This program focuses on five sets of imperatives:
- Data: on all issues related to data governance, privacy, cross-border data flows, and data access.
- Strategic Technologies: on industrial policy around India’s emerging semiconductor eco-system, space policy, export controls, new and transformative defense technologies, and their effects.
- Emerging Technologies: on biosafety and security, practices and efforts to shape distinct artificial intelligence (AI) regulatory practices, models of accessing AI compute, and the emerging global imperatives on the military applications of AI.
- Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI): on (i) shaping outcomes on DPI principles (ii) providing practical roadmaps for alternative ways to build DPI rapidly (iii) DPI at the centre of inter-state dialogues (iv) working with DPI builders, architects, and implementers.
- Strategic Partnerships: on the India-U.S. initiative on Critical & Emerging Technology (iCET) with ideas, convenings, and practical research. We are starting work on supporting the EU-India Trade and Technology Council (TTC).
The Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India is supported by Tata Trusts, Mohandas Pai, Nilekani Philanthropies, Meta India, Google India, Salesforce India, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Biocon, Syngene, Intel India, Amazon India, Microsoft India, SAP India, AWS India, WhatsApp India, BillDesk, Qualcomm India, Walmart India, LinkedIn India, and the National Payments Corporation of India. The Global Technology Summit is also supported by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
Our team
Rudra Chaudhuri
Director, Carnegie India
Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His research focuses on the diplomatic history of South Asia, contemporary security issues, and the important role of emerging technologies and digital public infrastructure in diplomacy, statecraft, and development. He and his team at Carnegie India chair and convene the Global Technology Summit, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
Shruti Sharma
Fellow and Senior Convenor, Global Technology Summit, Technology and Society Program
Shruti Sharma is a fellow with the Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India, where she is currently working on exploring the challenges and opportunities in leveraging biotechnology to improve public health capacity in India.
Konark Bhandari
Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Konark Bhandari is a fellow with Carnegie India.
Tejas Bharadwaj
Research Analyst, Technology and Society Program
Tejas Bharadwaj is a research analyst in the Technology and Society Program in Carnegie India.
Amlan Mohanty
Nonresident Research Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Amlan Mohanty is a nonresident research fellow with Carnegie India. His areas of expertise include privacy, content policy, platform regulation, competition and AI.
Aadya Gupta
Research Analyst, Technology and Society Program
Aadya Gupta is a research analyst with the Technology and Society Program at Carnegie India.
Shatakratu Sahu
Research Analyst and Co-Convenor, Global Technology Summit, Technology and Society Program
Shatakratu Sahu is a research analyst and co-convenor, Global Technology Summit with the Technology and Society program at Carnegie India.
Ajay Kumar
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Ajay Kumar is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India.
Arun K. Singh
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Technology and Society Program
Mr. Arun K. Singh is a nonresident senior fellow at Carnegie India. Mr. Singh has extensive experience across the globe, including as India’s ambassador to the United States, Israel, and France.
R. K. Misra
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
R. K. Misra is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. Based in Bengaluru, he drives Carnegie India’s Technology and Society program, and engages with technology innovators and policymakers.
Anirudh Suri
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Anirudh Suri is a nonresident scholar with Carnegie India. His interests lie at the intersection of technology and geopolitics, climate, and strategic affairs.
Anantha S.
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Anantha S. is a nonresident scholar with Carnegie India.
Susmita Mohanty
Nonresident Scholar, Technology and Society Program
Susmita Mohanty is a nonresident scholar at Carnegie India. She is the director general of Spaceport SARABHAI, a ‘space’ think tank.
Global Technology Summit
The Global Technology Summit—Carnegie India’s annual flagship event, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India—brings together industry experts, policymakers, scientists, and other stakeholders from all over the world to deliberate on the changing nature of technology and geopolitics. Its aim is to create a new framework of engagement that addresses concerns of all stakeholders without hindering technological progress and innovation.
Global Technology Summit
The Global Technology Summit—Carnegie India’s annual flagship event, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India—brings together industry experts, policymakers, scientists, and other stakeholders from all over the world to deliberate on the changing nature of technology and geopolitics. Its aim is to create a new framework of engagement that addresses concerns of all stakeholders without hindering technological progress and innovation.
India-U.S. Emerging Technologies Working Group
At the end of January 2023, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and the U.S. NSA Jake Sullivan officially launched the United States-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). The Carnegie India Working Group studies, analyzes, and makes policy-relevant interventions in the various priority areas under the iCET. These include uncovering and recovering avenues for cooperation on semiconductors, civilian space technologies, defense innovation, bioeconomy, and quantum computing as well as the overall deepening of ties pertaining to science and technology. The working group is made up of experts within Carnegie India.
India-U.S. Emerging Technologies Working Group
At the end of January 2023, India’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and the U.S. NSA Jake Sullivan officially launched the United States-India initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies (iCET). The Carnegie India Working Group studies, analyzes, and makes policy-relevant interventions in the various priority areas under the iCET. These include uncovering and recovering avenues for cooperation on semiconductors, civilian space technologies, defense innovation, bioeconomy, and quantum computing as well as the overall deepening of ties pertaining to science and technology. The working group is made up of experts within Carnegie India.
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224 Results
· April 11, 2024
One Year of the INDUS-X: Defense Innovation Between India and the U.S.
Since its launch nearly a year ago, the INDUS-X has marked many milestones in the India-U.S. relationship. Much has been achieved, but there is room to further enhance defense cooperation between the two countries in the coming years.
· June 18, 2024
Bio-X: A New Frontier of Biotechnology Cooperation Under the iCET
India and the United States should consider launching “Bio-X,” to foster cooperation in biotechnology. This initiative would leverage the synergies between the domestic programs of the two countries, thereby boosting the competitiveness of their biotech industries.
· June 12, 2024
Compute for India: A Measured Approach
Carnegie India recently organized a closed-door meeting in New Delhi to discuss India’s approach to compute in the context of its national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy. The meeting was attended by government officials, technology executives, startup founders, and academic researchers. Carnegie India’s experts also attended meetings organized by technologists based in Bengaluru on their efforts to promote open access to compute. Below is a summary and analysis of the key takeaways from these meetings.
· May 17, 2024
A Primer on Compute
This essay is the first of a three-part series that will seek to understand the considerations for building compute capacity and the different pathways to accessing compute in India. This essay delves into the meaning of compute and unpacks the various layers of the compute stack.
· April 30, 2024
Steven Freeland on the Governance of Space Resource Activities
In this episode of Interpreting India, Steven Freeland, vice-chair of the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) Working Group on Legal Aspects of Space Resource Activities, joins Tejas Bharadwaj to discuss space resource activities and governance.
- Tejas Bharadwaj,
- Steven Freeland
Assessing the “New” Approach to Antitrust Law: An Indian Antitrust Experiment
This article is part of a series that will discuss some of the themes and proposals that are being considered for an ex-ante framework in India under the Committee on Digital Competition Law (CDCL).
· April 9, 2024
Empowering People to Monetize their Data
India has an opportunity to lead the conversation on rewarding individuals for their data used by Big Tech.
AI Usage in Elections: Exploring the #AIforGood Formula
Awareness, guidelines for ethical use, and accountability by Big Tech can help leverage AI for the public good, says Suri, whose book The Great Tech Game and eponymous podcast highlight how technology is shaping the destiny of nations.
Charting the Global Dialogue on Military AI
March 27, 2024
Carnegie India organized an online-closed door discussion titled “Charting the Global Dialogue on Military AI” on March 27, 2024.
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