CoRE-AI: India’s Leading Multi-Stakeholder Coalition for Responsible AI Evolution

The Coalition for Responsible Evolution of AI (CoRE-AI), which brings together over 30 important tech stakeholders, is the first significant multi-stakeholder coalition in India focusing on the responsible development and deployment of AI technology. 

Its goals include encouraging innovation among Indian AI startups and ensuring the government hears industry, academia, and startup perspectives on regulating AI.

The alliance is housed within the New Delhi-based tech think tank The Dialogue and brings together major players in the AI space, including IT behemoths like Infosys, Big Tech players like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon Web Services (AWS), esteemed academic institutions like Ashoka University and IIM Bangalore, and several prominent AI startups like Beatoven.ai, an AI music startup, and CoRover.ai, the creator of BharatGPT.

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The coalition’s main goal is to build public trust in AI through strong AI regulatory frameworks, public-private partnerships, voluntary industry guidelines and standards for the technology, addressing bias and fairness in AI algorithms, transparency in AI operations, and maintaining user privacy and data protection.

“The government is open to receiving assistance and suggestions from various stakeholders who possess the necessary data to address this matter,” stated Mr. S. Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY).

After considering all of these suggestions, a strong framework will surely be developed that would allow India to take the lead internationally in using AI while also utilizing it to the advantage of its citizens. In a video statement, Mr Krishnan expressed his confidence that the CoRE-AI forum will help achieve this more ambitious national objective.

In addition, the alliance stated that one of its main objectives is “to boost confidence and innovation among startups.” It will concentrate on comprehending how market dynamics affect the adoption of AI and assist in offering clear guidance about demand and governance frameworks.

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The development of AI responsibly for the greater good of society requires clear cooperation between start-ups, investors, governments, large corporations, academic institutions, and, yes, users. We cannot guarantee that we are inventing at the scale and transparency that AI demands unless we have regular conversations and work together to take coordinated action. stated Suparna Singh, a former NDTV president and CEO who is currently the CEO and co-founder of the startup Frammer AI. Singh is a CoRE-AI Executive Committee member.

To carry out the coalition’s responsible AI agenda, CoRE-AI has established four key Working Groups: AI Governance, which will develop frameworks and guidelines for the ethical and responsible governance of AI; Human-centered AI, which will ensure that AI development prioritizes human rights and societal values; AI and Innovation, which will focus on fostering and showcasing AI innovation within India; and DPI and AI, which will investigate AI in government welfare delivery, digital inclusion, and public-private partnerships in DPI.

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A global “AI Alliance” was founded late last year by IBM, Meta, many prestigious universities, including IIT Bombay, and several tech firms and foundations. This alliance offers another route to responsible AI and could pose a challenge to CoRE AI. 

The main goal of the AI Alliance is to encourage open innovation in AI while challenging the dominance of well-known companies in the space, including OpenAI, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

The Artificial Intelligence Knowledge Consortium (AIKC), which was established in March of this year by 12 research institutions and think tanks united to form a consortium dedicated to promoting a multi-stakeholder approach to AI governance, is another recent organization active in the field of AI governance in India.

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