 to the 4th Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence Summit 2023 being organized by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, taking over as lead chair of GPEI. On this occasion, we respectfully welcome Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, Honourable Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Railways and Communications, Shri Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Honourable Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Jal Shakti, Honourable Mr Hiroshi Yoshida, Minister of Outgoing Chair of GPEI, Vice Minister for Policy Coordination, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan, Shri S. Krishnan, Secretary and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. We also welcome with gratitude the delegates from 28 member countries and European Union, GPEI experts, multi-stake organizations, industry leaders, policy makers, innovators, academia, students, media, officials from the Government of India and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and other stakeholders and distinguished guests. After a very successful G20 summit under its presidency, when India's power of digital public infrastructure was recognized by the whole world, India is now hosting GPEI Summit 2023, where India looks forward to working with the global community in finding solutions, ways and means to use artificial intelligence for building solutions for societal problems in healthcare, agriculture and education. We also look forward to working with the global community in bringing consensus to address the risks associated with artificial intelligence and secure, safe, trusted, responsible artificial intelligence solutions. I now invite Shri Rajiv Chandrasekhar, Honorable Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology to present the welcome address. Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji, Minister Hiroshi Yoshida of Japan, outgoing Chair of the GPEI, Minister Ashwini Vaishnav, Excellencies, my colleagues in the Government of India, Shri Krishnan, delegates, AI practitioners, students, ladies and gentlemen, Namaste. It is my proud privilege to welcome you to this global partnership of AI Summit 2023 in New Delhi. This is certainly one of the most awaited AI events in the year. We are meeting in exciting times. In just the last 18 months, AI as we knew it has been catapulted into a new orbit, creating opportunities unprecedented in history and, of course, creating some legitimate concerns of safety and responsibility. As host country, we ourselves have seen the power of tech in the last nine years since our Prime Minister launched Digital India, and we have seen close hand how technology has transformed the lives of our citizens and deeply transformed for good democracy and governance while catalyzing digital and innovation economy, entrepreneurship and startups. The unprecedented digitalization and commitment to tech has made India one of the fastest and most exciting innovation ecosystems in the world with over 100,000 startups and 108 unicorns created in the last few years alone. India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all in for all emerging technologies and is committed to exploiting AI to ensure advancements in healthcare, agriculture, governance, language translations and many other real life use cases as a natural expansion of our India DPI framework of solutions. Artificial intelligence is without doubt one of the greatest inventions of our times. There is much good that can come from AI whilst being aware and cognizant of the trends of harms and criminalities that also are enabled by AI like misinformation, deep fakes and malicious models. GPAY is a coming together of nations that can work together to shape the future of AI to give a framework that enables the good of AI for all our people while ensuring clear and accountable guardrails that ensure safety, trust and responsibility are put in place. So over today and the next two days delegates from over 28 countries will have conversations around this, various topics and sessions that could and hopefully will lead to a global framework and a much better understanding amongst like-minded nations about the present and the future of AI. I thank all of you for being here. I welcome you again to the GPAY Summit 2023 and wish you many successful conversations. Thank you. Jai Hind. Thank you, Honourable Minister of State, Metisheela Chief Chandrasekhar. And now I humbly request Honourable Minister of Outgoing Chair of GPAY, Mr Hiroshi Yoshida, to kindly address the gathering. His Excellency Prime Minister Narendra Modi, His Excellency Minister Varshina, His Excellency Minister Chandrasekhar, Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates and the Distant Gentlemen. Good evening. My name is Yoshida Hiroshi, Vice Minister for Policy Coordination at the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. It is a great pleasure and honour for me to speak here today representing GPAY Outgoing Chair of the country of Japan. First of all, I would like to congratulate the Government of India for this glorious opening ceremony of GPAY Summit 2023 with the presence of Honourable Prime Minister Modi. As we all know, AI technology quickly evolves and this year we witnessed rapid progress and spread of generative AI across the society. Since the technology affects all people across the society, AI governance needs to be discussed in a multi-stakeholder approach. GPAY is the initiative where all stakeholders, including AI experts and government officials work together, and that is why Japan puts so much importance on GPAY. At the GPAY Summit Tokyo last year, we held many side events to encourage GPAY experts to interact with each other and deliver messages to the rest of the world. This year, India is hosting the AI Expo in addition to many side events and we see many private sector participants joining the GPAY Summit. This must be a great step forward for GPAY and I appreciate India for this marvelous leadership. On generative AI, Japan has taken the G7 presidency this year and launched the Hiroshima AI process to discuss how to promote safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of advanced AI systems such as generative AI. On the 1st of December, G7 Digital and Tech Ministers agreed on the Hiroshima AI process comprehensive policy framework. This comprehensive policy framework consists of OECD's report towards the G7 common understanding on generative AI, international code of conduct for organizations developing advanced AI systems, international guiding principles for all AI actors, as well as project-based cooperation with the GPAY and other international organizations. This policy framework is the first international framework aimed at promoting safe, secure and trustworthy development and use of advanced AI systems. And we hope this framework will develop to the foundation for global AI governance. I believe that the fundamental concept of human centric AI underlying the Hiroshima AI process is already shared among the GPAY member countries and observers. AI was also discussed in the IGF Kyoto this October, including high-level multi-stake cold air session and GPAY session. I'm looking forward to exchanging views with you on cooperation on the generative AI here in GPAY Summit. Excellency, I would also like to take this opportunity to express my deepest gratitude to the member countries, observers and others for your cooperation in administrating the GPAY under the Japanese League Chair since last year's GPAY Summit. Japan will remain committed to contribute to the GPAY next year and onward. Japan proposes to establish the GPAY Tokyo Center as a new GPAY expert support center to further contribute to the GPAY's activities. Excellency, with this inaugural ceremony, Japan hands over GPAY League Chair to Indian Government. India took the G20 presidency this year and successfully reached an agreement on the G20 New Delhi Declaration. This demonstrated India's strong leadership in international discussions in many fields including AI. Japan supports India's efforts to expand the membership of GPAY to include more partners from the global south as well as to encourage more interaction among various stakeholders. Japan looks forward to working with the Chair of India. Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Hiroshi Yoshida. And now I would like to invite Shri Ashwani Vaishna, Honorable Minister for Electronics and Information Technology to present his address. Honorable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modiji. Shri Rajiv Chand Shekharji. Excellency Hiroshi Yoshida-san. Distinguished delegates. I am honored to welcome you at the global partnership on AI that is GPAY Summit 2023. This summit marks a significant moment for international collaboration on AI as Chair of GPAY, India offers this platform to foster effective global cooperation on AI. Despite ranging disruptive technologies such as AI raise a fundamental question, how should the society respond to such technological developments? India's response is defined by a Prime Minister's vision of democratization of technology. India believes in harnessing the potential of AI for inclusive growth. This vision translates into AI use in various sectors. For example, serving citizens in native languages through the Bhasini language tool, providing personalized learning experience to students, making healthcare accessible through AI powered diagnostics, improving yield and resource management through precision agriculture techniques. And many of these solutions are at display in the expo. We believe that AI has the potential to address global challenges and improve lives across the world. Through collaboration, we can leverage this powerful technology to create a better future for all. However, AI also presents wide-ranging challenges. Technologies such as AI are not amenable to geographic boundaries. Addressing these challenges should be our collective concern. Under India's presidency of the G20, the New Delhi Leaders Declaration emphasized the commitment to leverage AI for public good. And in G-Pay Summit 2023, we all have an opportunity to take this G20 commitment forward. Over the next three days, we will all benefit from the perspectives of experts and experience of government, academia and industry. We hope to arrive at a consensus on a response through this dialogue and discussion. My best wishes to all the delegates and participants. I am confident that deliberations at G-Pay Summit 2023 will bring out the best practices and uses of responsible AI. Thank you very much. Thank you, Shri Ashwini Vaishna, Wanderable Minister for Electronics and Information Technology for Throwing Light on India's vision for G-Pay Summit 2023. And now I take this opportunity to request Honourable Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi to inaugurate the G-Pay Summit 2023 by pressing the button on the remote. In the whirlwind of innovation, artificial intelligence emerges as a frontier where exponential growth transforms imagination into reality. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India utilizes AI across diverse fronts from serving citizens in their languages to personalizing education, enhancing healthcare accessibility and technology-enabled agriculture, promising to uplift the lives of the common man and poor by providing affordable access to essential services. Its growth model prioritizes equity and inclusivity, ensuring that no one is left behind when innovation takes the lead. In the realm of AI, India fosters a universal understanding, steering the technology towards humanity's betterment. As a founder member of Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, GPAI India actively contributes to responsible AI development. The GPAI is a multi-stakeholder initiative which aims to bridge the gap between theory and practice on AI by supporting cutting-edge research and applied activities on AI-related priorities. Since joining as a founding member on June 15, 2020, India has been pivotal in advancing GPAI's global goals, actively contributing to responsible AI development, deployment and adoption of open, safe, secure and accountable AI. India has strategically fostered a leading ecosystem for safe and trusted artificial intelligence, boasting a robust workforce, dynamic startups, pioneering R&D centers and serving as a key access hub to extensive data sets. India triumphs in global AI rankings, securing the top spot for AI skill penetration and GitHub AI projects, while claiming the fifth position for private investment and newly funded AI companies as highlighted in the Stanford AI Index Report 2023. India, a leading global South economy, assumes the crucial role of GPAI lead chair for 2024. Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this alliance of nation is poised for redefining the trajectory of AI, transcending geographical boundaries and fostering inclusive development. We want India to become a global hub for AI. Our approach to this is powered by core principle of teamwork, trust, collaboration, responsibility and inclusivity. It remains our collective responsibility to ensure trust in how AI is used. Algorithm, transparency is key to establishing this trust. India hosts the 2023 annual GP AI Summit from December 12th to 14th. The summit shapes the future of trustworthy AI through leadership meetings, startup competitions and research symposiums. The global AI expo fosters innovation and dialogue among government officials, industry experts and investors. GP AI unites 28 countries and the EU to responsibly guide AI development and usage. Leading as the chair of GP AI, India is committed to ensure safe and trusted AI globally. The GP AI's proposed priorities for 2025, spanning across climate action, healthcare, resilient societies, sustainable agriculture and collaborative AI for global partnerships. Steered by India's helm at the GP AI 2023 Summit, let's collectively shape a future where technology guided by the trustworthy AI development serves humanity, ushering in the era of positive global impact. Ladies and gentlemen, I now make a humble request to the Prime Minister of India, Shrinarendra Modi, to address the August gathering. These welcome honorable Prime Minister. Member countries, and the ministers, and the Mahanubhav, Davey and Sajjano. Global partnership on artificial intelligence summit. I welcome all of you. I am happy that next year India is going to address this summit. This summit is taking place at a time when AI has a huge debate all over the world. With this debate, there are positive and negative aspects of every kind of aspect. Therefore, there is a huge responsibility on every country related to this summit. In the past few days, I have had the opportunity to meet with many political and industry leaders. I have also talked about this summit in a meeting with them. With the influence of AI, there is no end to the future generations. We have to move forward with a lot of determination. That is why I think that the idea of this summit, the suggestion of this summit, and the determination of the entire humanity, and the protection of it, will make it visible. Friends, today, India is the leading player of AI talent and new ideas related to AI. AI is exploring the limits of tech experts, researchers, and researchers. We are seeing an AI innovation spirit filled with passion. Before coming here, I had the opportunity to go to the AI expo. How artificial intelligence can change life? We can see this in this expo. I was very happy to see the ideas of the chosen youth under the initiative of the AI. This youth is trying to change the society through technology. In fact, the discussion of solutions related to AI has now reached the villages. Recently, we launched AI chat port in agriculture. This will help farmers with their application status, payment details, and government schemes. We are working towards transforming our health sector in India through AI. AI can achieve sustainable development goals. Friends, in India, our development mantra is development of everyone. We have separated AI for all and created government policies and programmes. We are trying to take full advantage of the capabilities of AI for social development and inclusive growth. India is committed to AI's responsible and ethical use. We have started national program on artificial intelligence. We are launching AI missions in India. The aim of this mission is to create AI-compute power in India. This will help India's startups and innovators to get better results. This mission will promote AI applications in agriculture, healthcare, education, and sectors. Through our industrial training institute, we are sending AI skills to tier 2 and 3 cities. We have a national AI portal that offers artificial intelligence initiatives in India. You must have heard about the Aravart initiative. The use of this common platform will soon be able to start up the research and industry. Friends, we are entering a new age with AI. The development of artificial intelligence is more than a tool of technology. AI is the biggest foundation of our new future. AI has a great power to connect people. Using AI is not just an artificial intelligence initiative. It also ensures social justice. Therefore, AI will need AI in a different way for its future. That is, AI will have to be all inclusive. All ideas will have to be adopted. The more inclusive the development journey of AI will be, the more inclusive it will be. We have seen that in the last decade, due to the unequal access to technology, there was more inequality in the society. Now, we have to save the entire humanity from such a mistake. We know that when democratic values are connected with technology, they work as a multiplier in the direction of inclusion. That is why the direction of AI will work on human values and democratic values. AI can help increase our efficiency. But we have to create a place for emotions. Artificial intelligence can increase our effectiveness. But we have to create our ethics. In this direction, it can help increase our efficiency. Friends, to make any system sustainable, it has to be transformative, transparent and trusted. There is no doubt that AI is transformative. But it is up to us to make it more transparent. If we are using data and algorithms to make it transparent and free from bias, then it will be a good start. We have to make the people of the world believe that AI is for their benefit and for their benefit. We have to make the different countries of the world believe that no one will be left behind in the development of this technology. Trust will increase on AI when it is focused on ethical, economic and social consensus related to AI. For example, if upskilling and risk-killing is a part of AI's growth, then the youth will be able to trust that AI is for their benefit. If data is focused on security, then people will be able to believe that AI will be able to move forward in their privacy without development. If global south knows that AI will have a big role in development, then they will be able to accept it in the form of a future path. Friends, there are many positive aspects of AI, but the negative aspects of AI are also the same. AI can be the biggest tool of development in the 21st century and it can be the biggest role in destroying the 21st century. The challenge of deepfake is in front of the whole world today. Apart from this, cybersecurity, data theft and terrorism are also very dangerous for AI tools. If AI reaches the world of terrorism, then it will have a huge impact on global security. We need to discuss this topic and reach to a different level about how to prevent AI from using it wrongly. That is why during the G20 presidency, we had the opportunity to set up a framework for responsible human-centric AI governance. During the G20 New Delhi Declaration, AI has committed to the principles of all countries. All countries had an understanding of the issues related to AI in the same way that we need to prepare a global framework for AI's ethical use. High risk or frontier AI tools will also include a protocol for testing and deployment. Conviction, commitment, coordination and collaboration is the most important thing. We will have to take such steps together that AI's responsible use can be established. Today, through this summit, India demands the entire world that we do not lose a single moment in this direction. There are few days left this year. We will have to complete the global framework within the 21st century. It is very important to do this for the protection of humanity. Friends, AI is not just a new technology. It has become a worldwide movement. That is why we all need to work together. In the next two days, you all will discuss many issues. Whenever I meet any AI expert, I cannot stop my questions and suggestions. Even when you are talking to an expert, many things are coming to my mind. We will have to think about how to increase the credibility of AI-generated information. What kind of data sets can be used to test and train AI tools? Before releasing an AI tool in the market, we need to think about how much we should test. Can we introduce a watermark on a software that tells us that this information or product is AI-generated? The person who uses AI-generated information will know about its limitations. One thing, I will also talk about the problems of the central government and the state government in India. There is a variety of data related to the government. How can we use it in evidence-based decision-making? Can we use such data to train AI tools? Can we use such an audit mechanism that allows AI tools to be categorized in red, yellow or green? Can we use an institutional mechanism that allows resilient employment? Can we bring a standardized global AI education curriculum? Can we use AI-driven features to prepare people for the future? There are so many questions related to the government. And all of you experts, please think about it. Friends, you know that in India, hundreds of languages are spoken. To increase digital inclusion, how can digital services be used in the local language with the help of AI? Think about it. The language that is not spoken now, how can it be revived with the help of AI? Should we work on it too? The knowledge of Sanskrit language and literature are very advanced. How can it be advanced with the help of AI? Think about it too. With the help of AI, can the missing volumes of Vedic mathematics be re-assembled? We should be trying to do this too. Friends, I am sure that this summit will make the best opportunity to exchange ideas. I want every delegate to participate in this summit to have a great learning experience. In the next two days, you will think about AI in detail. I hope that we will have specific outcomes. By acting on these, we will definitely make the way for a responsible and sustainable future. I thank you all very much. Thank you very much. Thank you very much for your insightful address, for your guiding words. We thank the Prime Minister for his gracious presence. Ladies and gentlemen, we hope this summit helps deliver better outcomes and bridges the gap between theory and practice, promoting trust in and adoption of trustworthy artificial intelligence. We thank you all for your presence and with this we conclude the inaugural ceremony of GP 2023. Have a great evening and a great summit ahead. Thank you.