The defense ministry has received the much-awaited report on the Artificial Intelligence (AI) for India’s Defense. The report has been filed by the Artificial Intelligence Task Force led by Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran.
The team submitted the final report to Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on using AI for military superiority. The defense ministry will consider the recommendations mentioned in the report. In an official statement, Ministry of Defense said, “The Task Force handed over the final report to Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman to accept it and to implement its recommendations.”
The task force was constituted in February this year to study the implications of AI in national security perspective. The task force studied these implications from the global perspective. The task force is a multi-stakeholder group that comprises members from government, services, academia, startups and the industry.
The statement said, “AI has the potential to have a transformative impact on national security. It is also seen that AI is essentially a dual-use technology. While it can fuel technology-driven economic growth, it also has potential to provide military superiority.”
The Indian government has done quite a few things to boost the development of startups ecosystem in the country. There are a number of startups working in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). According to the report, the level of AI and machine learning (ML) development in India is good enough for development of AI in defense forces.
The report studies the effect of AI or machine learning (ML) development mainly in the context of defense needs. The task force suggested that India has a significant power of AI in defense. The country can leverage AI to progress the areas of aviation, naval, cyber, land systems, nuclear, and biological warfare.
The task force had intensive deliberations with all stakeholder representatives including officers from Airforce, Army, Navy, Coast Guard, representatives of all Defence PSUs, namely BEL, HAL, BEML, BDL, MIDHANI, MDL, GRSE, GSL and HSL and OFB. Defence Minister is the main promoter and patron of the AI task force.