“Consultation has already started. In the Digital India Act (DIA), a whole chapter is going to be devoted to emerging technologies which is not about AI only, but multiple other technologies as well. On how we would regulate them through the prism of user harm,” Chandrasekhar told reporters on the sidelines of an event in New Delhi.
Though India would be open to the idea of companies across the globe coming together to form a partnership to better regulate AI, it would not mean cessations of government efforts to create additional safety guidelines, he said.
“If there is eventually a United Nations of AI more power to it. But that does not stop us from doing what is right for our digital citizens and keeping the internet safe and trusted,” Chandrasekhar said.
ET had on May 13 reported that India plans to establish “some principles” which will act as “guardrails” for the fast-growing artificial intelligence (AI) sector. This view contrasts with the views of the European Union and the US government, which have called for laws and regulations on AI.
“AI is an emerging technology, and we will establish some principles as guardrails. Then the subordinate legislation or how to regulate it will keep evolving,” he had told ET.
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