IIT Madras gets $1 Million grant from Google to study AI

The Centre for Responsible AI is under the aegis of the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI).

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has received a grant of $1 million to set up a new multidisciplinary centre for research and development on responsible artificial intelligence. The institute has received a grant from Google.

With the government proposing to use AI for its services there are concerns that must be addressed before it can be implemented. The concerns range from ethical and fair use of AI, framing policies and ensuring that the technology is fool-proof.

First of-its-kind centre in India

The Centre for Responsible AI is under the aegis of the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (RBC-DSAI).

The grant would help to bring in people from various disciplines to find solutions to ethical and technological concerns while using AI, said Head of the centre B Ravindran.

“This centre is a first of its kind initiative in India that aims to bring together technologists, sociologists, policy and legal experts from academia, industry and the government to study all aspects of this domain called Responsible AI,” he said.

Thanking Google for its partnership, he added, “It is essential to establish responsible guidelines to ensure fair, ethical and safe usage of AI-based solutions. There is a need to develop technology that is understandable to the end users, providing strong safety and performance guarantees, and to raise awareness of the impact of the technology on society.”

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