Overview

• Addressing the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference in Barbados, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla urged responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence.
• He pressed Commonwealth legislatures to cooperate and share knowledge so technology serves as a bridge across the digital divide.
• Birla highlighted India’s e‑Parliament tools, citing AI-based translation, an AI-enabled e‑Library, and speech‑to‑text reporting as drivers of efficiency and inclusion.
• He said real‑time Sansad Bhashini translation will soon allow every Member of Parliament to speak in their own language.
• He pointed to the Digital Sansad platform and India’s broader digital infrastructure, including UPI, mass AI training initiatives, rapid 5G deployment and early 6G work, as the basis for this approach.