Key Points
- The government will not regulate AI but may introduce a voluntary compliance code.
- Current laws, including the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, already address issues like data privacy, misrepresentation, deep fakes, and copyright.
- The government is exploring AI Safety Institutes and could pass new laws if needed.
- Earlier, there were talks about regulating AI, especially around deep fake videos and social media platforms.
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The Indian government is stepping back from regulating artificial intelligence (AI) and is instead focusing on creating a voluntary compliance code for people working in the sector. Senior officials have said that current laws already cover important AI-related issues like data privacy, misrepresentation, and copyright, so new regulations aren’t necessary right now.
For example, the government believes that existing laws, such as the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, already set rules for how personal data should be handled. Problems like misrepresentation, including deep fake videos, are also addressed by these laws. The real challenge is how quickly these issues can be detected and dealt with, not whether new laws are needed. Copyright concerns, like those raised by OpenAI’s use of ANI content, are also already covered by existing laws.
Even so, government officials have said that they might pass new laws in the future if new challenges arise. They are also looking into setting up AI Safety Institutes, which would help oversee how AI is used. In the meantime, they are working with industry groups to create the voluntary compliance code to address any remaining concerns.
This shift in focus comes after earlier discussions about regulating AI, especially around deep fake videos and issues with AI’s responses about public figures, like Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There were also earlier reports that the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) was considering legislation to make social media platforms label AI-generated content and ensure AI systems understand Indian languages and context-specific content.
