India leapfrogged decades of progress on open-source architecture, APIs: Kant

Kant said huge sums are being invested in AI, leading to a huge amount of disruption & may end up creating a highly unequal society

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AI is a hugely transformational technology which is going to disrupt every single way of life, former Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday, emphasising it must be accessible, affordable, accountable, and multilingual to avoid deepening global inequalities.

Speaking at the AI Impact Summit here, he also said India leapfrogged decades of progress in a short span because its systems were built on open-source architecture, open APIs, and global interoperability.

“Make no mistake that this is a hugely transformational technology. It’s going to cut across every sector, it's going to disrupt every single way of life and therefore it’s very, very important that AI is made accessible, affordable and accountable,’ he said at a session on AI for India’s Next Billion: Intergenerational Insights for Inclusive and Future-Ready Growth.