Financial Express
- May 18

IIT Madras launches Centre for Responsible AI to ensure ethical, applied AI development

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Launches Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) to ensure ethical and applied AI Development. CeRAI will focus on interdisciplinary research in Responsible AI and aims to become a leading research centre with immediate impact on the deployment of AI systems in India, according to an official release.

The Centre for Responsible AI conducted its first workshop on ‘Responsible AI for India’ today (May 15, 2023). “AI is playing a major role in all our lives. Whether we know it or not, every day we are using AI-based technologies in some part of our life. It is very important that those at the policymaking level and those who are working at the cutting-edge of developing technologies are aware of the risks and challenges that remain while we are using the same technologies for solving societal problems, ensuring access to healthcare, making healthcare more affordable and making education more inclusive and making agriculture more productive,” Abhishek Singh, managing director, chief executive officer, Digital India Corporation, said.