'AI put to use to make available LS proceedings in vernaculars'

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Tuesday said AI and machine learning were put to use to make available House proceedings in regional languages to MPs, while he also expressed concern about the increasing commotion and acrimony in legislatures.
Addressing a presser after the two-day meeting of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association-India Region, he said the Lok Sabha Secretariat was also sharing its expertise in technology with legislatures of states and UTs to speed up the process of digitisation.
Birla said during the meeting, presiding officers of state legislatures also deliberated on the agenda of the upcoming 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in Sydney from November 3-8.
The CPC has shortlisted eight topics, including support of legislatures to promote LGBTQ+ participation, use of AI in parliamentary proceedings, violence and abuse of parliamentarians, human trafficking, and refugees and immigration across commonwealth nations, for deliberation by participants.
Birla said the legislative bodies were digitising processes and records, and taking measures to train public representatives using information technology in day-to-day activities.
"The state legislatures should enhance the pace of digitisation, wherever lagging behind, so that the vision of 'one nation, one digital platform' could be realised," he said.