Mumbai, Feb. 18 -- Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India while addressing the session 'AI & Children: Turning Principles into Practice for Safe, Inclusive and Empowering AI', organized by FICCI, jointly with UNICEF during the 'AI Impact Summit 2026', said that digital penetration in India is increasing and children are increasingly exposed to Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven platforms. "It therefore, underscores the need for a safe, inclusive and empowering framework tailored for their development," he emphasized.

Prof Sood stated that AI systems are now shaping the learning pattern, information access and behaviour responses, especially of children, is what we all stakeholders have to look at. "We still d...