US EditionIndia's AI Governance Guidelines Push for User Consent and Data Transparency - Here's What that Means for You
The guidelines promote innovation with guardrails emphasizing trust, accountability, and equity, including seven principles and six recommendations for AI governance in India.
- On Wednesday , the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology released the India AI Governance Guidelines, deliberately avoiding the term 'regulation' to support AI adoption.
- Balaraman Ravindran, head of the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at IIT Madras, led a July committee that revised a January framework informed by Principal Scientific Adviser Ajay K. Sood.
- Guidelines emphasise seven principles for AI and six recommendations, including expanding AI infrastructure access, skilling in AI, and medium-term measures like amending laws and AI incident systems.
- MeitY Additional Secretary Abhishek Singh said the guidelines will be a cornerstone for India and a global role model, while IT Secretary S. Krishnan noted no immediate AI law plans but swift action if needed.
- Departing from earlier drafts, the report strips away prior NITI Aayog and Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development work, shifting focus to innovation with guardrails rather than risk minimisation.
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India's AI governance guidelines push for user consent and data transparency - here's what that means for you
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