Established in June 2020 with 15 member countries- Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union, the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI), pronounced as "gee-pay," is an international and diverse body that unites prominent experts from fields including science, industry, civil society, international organisations, and national governments who share a common commitment. GPAI endeavours to bridge the gap between theoretical understanding and practical implementation of AI by endorsing cutting-edge research and applied endeavours in AI-related priorities.
GPAI's primary objective is to facilitate the exchange of multidisciplinary research and identification of pivotal concerns among AI practitioners. This pursuit is aimed at fostering international cooperation, minimising redundancy, serving as a global focal point for specific AI matters, and ultimately fostering confidence in and widespread adoption of reliable AI.
Through collaborative efforts within distinct working groups, GPAI conducts thorough, impartial, transparent, and open evaluations of scientific, technical, and socio-economic information pertinent to comprehending the impacts of AI. These assessments encourage the responsible advancement of AI, exploring possibilities for adaptation, and addressing potential challenges.
Members and participants of GPAI are brought together first and foremost by a shared commitment to the values expressed in the OECD Recommendation on Artificial Intelligence. All GPAI activities are intended to foster responsible development of AI grounded in these principles of human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation and economic growth.
(ICEMAI, International Centre of Expertise in Montreal for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence)
This Center guides GPAI's two working groups, handling research and projects in diverse sectors.
(INRIA, National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology)
This Center guides GPAI's two working groups, handling research and projects in diverse sectors.
The GPAI Council is an all-Member body that provides strategic direction to GPAI and is responsible for all major decisions, including on membership and participation. The GPAI Council holds the ultimate decision-making authority. It convenes in two formats:
The GPAI Council is led by three GPAI Members serving in staggered one-year terms - the current year Lead Chair supported by Outgoing and Incoming Support Chairs. The GPAI Council elects a new Incoming Chair annually by a simple majority vote.
The GPAI Steering Committee is an elected body comprised of five government members from the Council and six non-government representatives from the Multi-stakeholder Experts Group Plenary. It implements the direction of the Council, including development of the work plan and establishment of working groups, and provides substantive guidance and direction to the GPAI Secretariat and Centres of Expertise, as needed.
The Steering Committee provides a forum for co-ordination and exchange between Members and GPAI Experts, ensuring that the broader views of GPAI Experts are fed into and taken into account in the preparation of GPAI Council decisions and that GPAI Members' views are taken into account in such decisions relating to the functioning of the Multi-stakeholder Expert Group and Expert Working Groups.
The Multi-stakeholder Expert Group or MEG rings together GPAI Experts to collaborate, including by sharing best practices and analyses, and to develop Annual Reports based on the outputs developed by the Expert Working Groups. The Multi-stakeholder Expert Group also proposes themes to be addressed by the Multi-stakeholder Expert Group and Expert Working Groups the following year.
All GPAI Experts participate in the Multi-stakeholder Expert Group and the Chair of the MEG is elected annually from among GPAI Experts from science, industry, civil society, labour/trade unions, and international organisations by a majority vote of GPAI Experts. The MEG meets at least once per year in person during the GPAI Summit. GPAI Members may participate as observers in the Multi-stakeholder Experts Group meeting during the GPAI Summit.
Expert Working Groups propose and carry out approved projects and develop reports and other outputs. They comprise of appointed GPAI Experts assigned by the Steering Committee. Expert Working Groups select their own Co-Chairs by simple majority vote. With their research and practical projects across various sectors and disciplines, there are currently four working groups:
The working groups meet at least once a month. The co-chairs also meet regularly throughout the year to update one another on the working groups' activities and discuss potential areas of collaboration through targeted joint meetings. The meetings between the working group co-chairs ensure that each group is aware of the others' activities. Working group members additionally have access to other working groups' materials through a central online platform.
The GPAI Secretariat, hosted at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) in Paris, supports the GPAI Council and the GPAI Steering Committee, liaises with the Centres of Expertise and facilitates strong synergies between GPAI's scientific and technical work and the international AI policy.
At full capacity, the Secretariat reports and updates on policy analysis domestically and internationally, in addition to promoting and maintaining cooperation with other relevant initiatives.
Expert Support Centres provide operational and administrative assistance to Expert Working Groups and to the Multi-stakeholder Expert Group. They are established by GPAI Members. Two Centres of Expertise, in Montreal and Paris, support GPAI's working groups and organize the annual Multi-stakeholder Experts Group Plenary. The Paris Centre, piloted by INRIA, supports the working groups on the future of work and innovation and commercialization.
29 international partners have joined together to guide the responsible development and use of artificial intelligence, grounded in human rights, inclusion, diversity, innovation and economic growth.
As per the GPAI Terms of Reference dated 22nd November 2022, the annual Ministerial Council and the GPAI Summit are to be hosted by the Lead Chair. India has assumed the role of Lead Chair, in Nov 2022, in accordance with which it hosted the GPAI Summit from December 12th to 14th, 2023, in New Delhi.
The GPAI Summit 2023 encompassed essential meetings such as the MEG Plenary, All Member Consultation, various Working Groups sessions, Ministerial Council, Executive Council, and Steering Committee. India brought together all major initiatives for AI - UN Advisory Group on AI, UK AI Safety Summit - at one event at GPAI New Delhi Summit
Delegates from 29 GPAI Countries and members and 150+ global AI experts graced the summit; 22,000+ attended the summit & out of these 15,000+ AI enthusiasts participated in the summit virtually.
Furthermore, the GPAI Summit also featured diverse side events that allowed the host country to showcase its domestic AI achievements and engage in dialogues on key issues in the field. The accompanying side events covered industry, start-ups, research & academia, including:
India joined GPAI as a founding member on June 15, 2020, and has since significantly contributed to the development and delivery of GPAI goals and objectives. At the same time, through our various All programs and policy interventions, grounded in the principle of Responsible AI for All, India is catalyzing AI innovation in alignment with the OECD principles on AI. Read More