- Abu Dhabi’s AI conglomerate G42 signed an agreement with US-based governance platform Credo AI at the India AI Impact Summit to promote Responsible AI (RAI) in the Global South.
- The goal is to “operationalize responsible AI” through risk monitoring tools, policy design, and training programs for governments and businesses.
- G42 leadership emphasized that AI innovation and AI governance must go hand in hand to accelerate large-scale deployment.
- Credo AI specializes in codifying legal frameworks like the EU AI Act into governance platforms, helping businesses and the public sector comply with regulations.
- Responsible AI requires systems to be transparent, fair, secure, and accountable; checking for bias, protecting personal data, and ensuring decision explainability.
- A 2025 report related to India from DECASTE (developed by IBM and Dartmouth) showed that LLMs can infer social caste from Indian surnames, associating “high caste” names with prestigious professions and “minority” names with lower ones.
- Research from 2020–2024 published in JAMA Dermatology and The Lancet Digital Health warned that medical AI is less accurate with darker skin tones, risking deepening inequality.
- The UN has warned that AI development primarily in the West could amplify bias and cause a new “techno-colonialism.”
- The collaboration takes place as UAE-India tech relations accelerate: investing in AI, semiconductors, fintech, digital infrastructure, and the SING submarine cable connecting the Middle East, India, and Southeast Asia.
- Indian IT enterprises are expanding their presence in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, while Indian fintech startups use the UAE as a springboard to the Middle East and Africa.
📌 The agreement between G42 and Credo AI marks a strategic step to make responsible AI a standard in Global South nations, amidst concerns about biases such as caste discrimination and medical inaccuracies based on skin color. The goal is to “operationalize responsible AI” through risk monitoring tools, policy design, and training programs for governments and businesses. Credo AI specializes in codifying legal frameworks like the EU AI Act into governance platforms, helping businesses and the public sector comply with regulations. As AI spreads in one of the world’s largest adoption markets like India, embedding transparency, accountability, and governance from the start is seen as key to avoiding “technological colonialism” and building a sustainable competitive advantage.
