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With AI becoming part of everyday life, a top global expert on artificial intelligence has called for integrating AI literacy into India's education curriculum and creating incentives for AI companies to invest in child safety. Noting that opportunities and risks presented by AI are global, Cathy Li, Head of the Centre for AI Excellence at the World Economic Forum, emphasised that solutions must be localised, especially for India given its diversity, and safeguards need to work across languages and cultures. Li, co-author of a whitepaper titled 'Children's Safety and Well-Being in the Age of AI: Best Practices and Incentives', told PTI in an interview that AI systems in India need to be tested across languages and cultural contexts, but also for different levels of connectivity, digital literacy and device access. The recently released report said AI can unlock major benefits for children, but only if safety, agency, inclusion, and accountability are built in. Asked about specific
India is on the brink of a major technological transformation with advances in areas like artificial intelligence and quantum technologies opening up new possibilities, Atomic Energy Commission chairman Ajit Kumar Mohanty said on Saturday. Mohanty, who is also the secretary of the Department of Atomic Energy, was addressing the 36th convocation of the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra as the chief guest. "India is entering an important period of technological transformation, with advances in AI, quantum technologies, semiconductors, space science, clean energy and advanced manufacturing creating new possibilities," he said. A developed India will require strong indigenous capabilities and a skilled generation of scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs, supported by sustained research, interdisciplinary collaboration and investment in human resources, he said. "Recent milestones in India's nuclear programme, including the achievement of first criticality of the 500 MWe Prototype
Amid a massive global debate on AI risks, Thales Chairman and CEO Patrice Caine has said that stopping the use of artificial intelligence is not the solution, but keeping it firmly under human control is. Calling on tech companies to build in technical safeguards and on governments to put in place a "proper framework" which set boundaries on how such technologies can be used, Caine emphasised that the future impact and outcome of AI would ultimately depend on decisions made by humans. He noted that artificial intelligence has not brought humanity to a stage of existential crisis just yet, but asserted that warnings about its catastrophic risks were important in raising awareness on the issue. In an interview to PTI, Caine spoke on how AI is changing the nature of cyber attacks and cyber attackers, and the urgency for organisations to prepare for the post-quantum era. He also underscored the importance of humans ultimately retaining control over critical decisions. Thales' top boss