'ONE OF THE GREATEST FALLACIES IS BELIEVING TECH IS AGNOSTIC TO BIAS': SMRITI IRANI

Smriti Irani discusses AI's significance in gender equality at NXT Conclave 2025, highlighting how technology is neutral to its users.

- ANJALI SINGH

She talks about how artificial intelligence (AI) can help close the gender gap and create a more inclusive digital future.

While speaking about AI at the event, Smriti Irani shed light on what does ‘I’ mean for gender saying, “I think one of the greatest fallacies that have been sold is that technology is agnostic to bias. As AI grows, one recognizes, realizes, and many people monetize the fact that technology has created certain schisms, certain gaps which have become opportunities for many those who have lived as thought leaders or as policy makers dedicated to equity. Their decadal presumption was that equality will be assured. That is still a challenge when you talk about the age, let’s say, of AI, many people compute how much it will add to a nation’s GDP.”