Modi urges global framework for ethical AI, cyber security and data privacy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged standards bodies to create a global framework to ensure that artificial intelligence is ethical, secure and inclusive. Speaking at the 8th edition of the India Mobile Congress, he also emphasised that cyber security had to be paramount as no country was isolated from its impact.Telecom industry leaders pushed for policy reforms to ensure localisation of data and combating digital fraud, as well as for regulatory clarity on satellite broadband services. The annual conclave was held alongside the International Telecommunication Union World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) 2024.