Published: 3rd Feb, 2023
Context
India and the United States (US) held the inaugural meeting of the Critical and Emerging Technology initiative (iCET)
Background
- India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe-Biden announced the initiative in May 2022.
- The objective: "to elevate and expand our strategic technology partnership and defense industrial cooperation between the governments, businesses, and academic institutions of our two countries".
What are Critical and emerging technologies?
- Critical and emerging technologies are a subset of advanced technologies that are potentially significant to U.S. national security".
- They include advanced computing, artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems and robotics, communication and networking technologies, financial technologies, quantum information technologies, and semiconductor technologies, among others.
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