Türkiye Becomes a Member of the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence

Turkey’s membership in the Global Artificial Intelligence Partnership (GPAI), founded by 14 countries, has been accepted. Zafer Küçükşabanoğlu, President of the Artificial Intelligence Policy Association (AIPA), stated, “Artificial intelligence technologies are expected to create an economy worth 15.7 trillion dollars by 2030. Therefore, our GPAI membership is an important step in increasing our cooperation at the international level.” Turkey’s application for membership in the Global Artificial Intelligence Partnership (GPAI) was approved at the GPAI Council of Ministers Meeting held in Tokyo. Answering Bloomberg HT’s questions regarding Turkey’s GPAI membership, Zafer Küçükşabanoğlu, Founding President of the Artificial Intelligence Policy Association (AIPA), said the following on the subject: Our membership in the Global Artificial Intelligence Partnership (GPAI) is an important step in achieving our goals within the scope of the “National Artificial Intelligence Strategy” jointly published by the Ministry of Industry and Technology and the Digital Transformation Office of the Presidency last year. Artificial intelligence technologies are expected to create a $15.7 trillion economy by 2030. Therefore, our GPAI membership is strategic in this respect. Turkey has been taking serious steps in terms of technology, especially in the last 5 years. I think the biggest motivation for these steps is the great interest of young people in technology. In the business world, technology initiatives have also increased rapidly in recent years. Undoubtedly, the driving force of economic development today is investments in new technologies, especially artificial intelligence technologies, and every national and international step our country will take in this field. The OECD runs the secretariat The Global Artificial Intelligence Partnership (GPAI), which was established by 14 countries to use artificial intelligence correctly and for the benefit of humanity and to establish its legal framework, is run by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The aim of the Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence, which includes Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Slovenia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, was announced as the human-centered development of artificial intelligence and the consistent support of this technology for human rights, fundamental freedoms, and common democratic values. The Global Partnership for Artificial Intelligence is expected to focus primarily on the issues of 'responsible artificial intelligence', 'data management', 'future of work', and 'innovation and commercialization' in the first phase. As will be recalled, artificial intelligence has been used in many areas since the beginning of the pandemic, from the identification of the virus to the development of drugs, from the diagnosis of sick individuals to vaccine studies. Deep learning is even used in modeling the spread of the disease and analyzing the big data collected. Therefore, artificial intelligence technology, which focuses on humans, has become the strategically important vision of the countries.