AI Platforms Need To Seek Govt’s Permission Before Any Launch: Union Min Rajeev Chandrasekhar

The government has now asked AI platforms to seek its permission before launching any AI product in the nation. Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday told news agency ANI that all intermediaries have been asked to ensure compliance with the advisory, which was issued on March 1 evening. This comes into effect immediately.

The intermediaries also need to submit an action taken-cum-status report to the ministry within 15 days, added the Union Minister. He also said, “This signals that we are moving to a regime when a lot of rigour is needed before a product is launched. You don’t do that with cars or microprocessors. Why is that for such a transformative tech like AI there are no guardrails between what is in the lab and what goes out to the public.”

ANI quoted Chandrasekhar as saying, “Yesterday, we issued a second advisory. This advisory helps platforms to be a lot more disciplined about taking their AI models on platforms from the lab directly to the market. We don’t want that to happen without guardrails, and disclaimers in place, so that the consumer knows what is unreliable.”