Jaishankar calls for implementation of ‘Responsible AI’

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday observed that trust and safety are essential for the implementation of ”Responsible AI” and underlined that for a society like India, this means the development of indigenous tools and frameworks, self-assessment protocols for innovators, and establishing relevant guidelines.

”Only then can we be assured that the development, deployment, use, and governance of AI is safe and accessible,” he said in remarks at the ”Trust & Safety India Festival 2025”.

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The minister said India bears a special responsibility because many other nations – especially those of the Global South – they look to the country for inspiration.
”Certainly in the case of the digital public infrastructure, today what we have achieved in the last decade, if you see today the scale of delivery, the improvement in governance, the efficiencies with which we serve the public, I think it is already resonating across the world,” he said.

Talking about the future, the EAM said AI will transform economies in the next few years, change our work habits, create new health solutions, enhance educational access, improve efficiencies, and could even lead to a new lifestyle.

”The difference with the past is that this particular transformation that is going to come upon us – this will be all-pervasive and not just sectoral. It will impact every citizen in every corner of the world. New efficiencies and new possibilities will certainly emerge, but so too will new players and new power centres,” he added.

For this very reason, he said the global community needs to adopt a balanced approach to the governance of AI and to ensure that there are adequate guardrails in place to protect digital nagriks. He quoted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in this regard to say, “Technology is a force for good, but only if humanity guides it”.

He was of the view that encouraging a global discourse on AI is essential. ”Indeed, every time a game-changing technology has appeared on the horizon, it has triggered off similar endeavours. But history is also a witness to the reality that those exercises have not been easy. There is the obvious temptation to put narrow self-interest above collective good. And that is why we need to rise to this particular challenge, because what is at stake cannot be overstated. It is not just the ambitions of polities but the personal interest of every citizen on this planet,” he added.

Mr Jaishankar said India has consistently advocated for global AI governance and the shaping of an international agenda. India demonstrated this during its G20 Presidency and strongly urged its use for advancing Sustainable Development Goals while safeguarding trust, safety, fairness, and accountability.

”As a founding member of the Global Partnership on AI, we promoted the New Delhi Declarations, which envisaged responsible and inclusive AI. We participated in the AI Summits in Bletchley Park and Seoul and co-chaired the Paris AI-Action Summit last year. The AI-Impact Summit in 2026 – with a focus obviously on impact – will take this forward,” he said.