NEW DELHI, Feb. 19 -- The teams get dismantled. The testing tools are scientifically inadequate. The commitments don't survive changes, corporate or political. And no jurisdiction has found a governance model that works to make AI safe and responsible. That is the assessment of Rumman Chowdhury, who led AI safety policies at (erstwhile) Twitter, at the US government, and in civil society, speaking to HT on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit.

"One of the big things that happens at all these summits is new voluntary commitments," she said. "It's lovely PR and great optics, but what does it tangibly, fundamentally mean? These organisations cannot live at the mercy of companies or political organisations. In order to be codified or ...