The government has invited proposals from academic institutions and research and development (R&D) organisations to build indigenously developed tools and frameworks that promote the just and ethical development of artificial intelligence (AI) across themes such as machine unlearning, synthetic data generation, fairness tools, bias mitigating strategies and others.
One of the tools will be around machine unlearning to rectify inaccuracies, biases, and outdated information that can inadvertently become ingrained in machine learning (ML) models. Similarly, there will be tools and frameworks for synthetic data generation, algorithm fairness, bias mitigation, ethical Al, and governance testing. The proposal calls for data gaps, mitigating privacy concerns, and promoting equitable representation.
Government-run institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT), R&D and private academic organisations that have pre-existing lab infrastructure with workstations, servers and other dedicated staff will be eligible to apply.
However, such institutes must justify completion of the project within the next two years, and ensure it is within the overarching goal of promoting fair and ethical Al utilisation.
The proposals must be submitted to the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) by January 12, 2024.
