AI Action Summit 2025: France will partner with India in the field of AI, for Indigenous AI model

Sood said India's priorities in global AI policy and governance include responsible AI development and deployment, equitable benefit sharing, adoption of a techno-legal framework for AI governance, interoperable data flow, and cooperation on AI security, research, and innovation. The round table conference was co-chaired by Amit A Shukla, Joint Secretary, Cyber ​​Diplomacy Division, Ministry of External Affairs, and Henri Verdier, Ambassador for Europe and Digital Affairs, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Participants from other countries in the conference highlighted the importance of sovereign AI models, ethical AI deployment, and the need to define globally accepted terminology and standards. Views were also shared at the conference on multilingual LLM, federated AI compute infrastructure, and interoperable access to AI research, datasets, and high-performance computing resources.

The meeting saw significant discussions on cooperation between India and France and highlighted opportunities to create indigenous models and adopt a balanced governance approach to mitigate risks while fostering innovation.

The importance of cross-border collaboration in AI research, datasets, and startups, as well as sustainable AI and energy-efficient computing, were highlighted, an official statement said. The conversation also discussed the societal impact of AI, data governance, and the role of global institutions in shaping AI security frameworks.