Tarunpreet Singh Sond, the cabinet minister for Punjab was attending AI and cybersecurity summit “Securing intelligence in the age of AI”, he stated on Monday that artificial intelligence has impacted every industry, including healthcare and transportation.
The event, which brought together law enforcement officials, academic leaders, and industry experts, was organized by Hindustan Times in partnership with Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (TIET) Patiala, TIE Chandigarh, Matrin, Globe Toyota, and Aloha Intelligence and took place at the JW Marriott, Sector-35.
Minister Sond called the summit timely and relevant. “Our generation is living in a fully digitised world where data evolves every day,” he said. He pointed out that while technology advances rapidly, ethical use and regulation must keep pace. “Punjab has made significant progress, with nine officers recently clearing the cybercrime certification,” he noted.
Geetanjali Khandelwal, superintendent of police (SP, city) Chandigarh highlighted the growing role of AI in policing and the urgent need to combat rising cybercrime. “The Chandigarh police is adapting to the evolving landscape of AI. We have established a specialised cyber cell to tackle digital offences real-time, including dark web operations,” she said.
She cautioned that artificial intelligence is being utilized more and more to disseminate false information and fake news, particularly from border regions, occasionally through national security-focused AI-generated films. “We treat such threats with utmost seriousness and are actively detecting malicious content through our intelligence network,” she added.
Padamkumar Nair, director of TIET, emphasised the national implications of cybersecurity. “Every form of security today ties back to national security. We must treat cybersecurity with the seriousness it deserves,” he said.
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