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UN Secretary-General names Indian experts in new AI advisory body
This advisory body is primarily dedicated to forming a global scientific consensus on the risks and challenges associated with AI.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres / Image - United Nations India
Distinguished technology experts from India have been appointed to a newly formed global advisory body, which was unveiled by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. This advisory body was established to assist in guiding the international community's initiatives in regulating artificial intelligence.
The newly introduced High-Level Multistakeholder Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence, as disclosed by the UN Secretary-General on October 26, is comprised of experts from various sectors, including government, the private sector, academia, civil society, and the research community. This advisory body is primarily dedicated to forming a global scientific consensus on the risks and challenges associated with artificial intelligence, facilitating the use of AI to advance the Sustainable Development Goals, and reinforcing international collaboration in AI governance, as outlined in an official statement.
The advisory body includes notable members such as Amandeep Singh Gill, the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology; Sharad Sharma, co-founder of the iSPIRT Foundation, a non-profit technology think tank that has pioneered initiatives like India Stack and Health Stack; and Nazneen Rajani, the Lead Researcher at Hugging Face, India.
Before his role as the Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, Gill served as the CEO of the International Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence Research Collaborative (I-DAIR) project. This project was located at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland, and focused on research in the fields of digital health and artificial intelligence.
Sharma, who is a member of the advisory body, also co-founded Teltier Technologies, a wireless infrastructure startup that has since become a part of CISCO. In addition to his entrepreneurial endeavours, Sharma is also an active angel investor with investments in more than two dozen ventures. Furthermore, he played a pivotal role in the success of India's first IP-focused fund, the India Innovation Fund.
Rajani holds the position of Research Lead at Hugging Face. Her specialization lies in AI Safety and Alignment, with a focus on leveraging Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF). She is widely recognized as an expert and thought leader in the areas of Large Language Models (LLMs) robustness and evaluation.
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