India has instructed tech companies to get its approval before releasing artificial intelligence (AI) products that are in trial or deemed "unreliable" to the public. The tools need also be marked with a warning that they may provide incorrect responses to user inquiries.
The country's IT ministry stated in an advice sent to the platforms last Friday that the usage of such technologies, including generative AI, and their "availability to the users on Indian Internet must be done so with the explicit permission of the Government of India."
Nations are rushing to draft regulations governing artificial intelligence. Regulations for social media businesses, which consider India to be a top growth area, have been tightened.
India’s advisory to Tech Giants
The caution comes a week after a top official chastised Google's Gemini AI tool on February 23 for a reaction to allegations that Indian Prime official Narendra Modi is implementing "fascist" policies.
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After a day, Google announced that it had swiftly resolved the problem and that the tool "may not always be reliable," especially when it came to political and current affairs themes.
The legal requirement of the platform is safety and trust. In reaction to Google's announcement, Deputy IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said on the social media platform X, "'Sorry Unreliable' does not exempt from the law."
India's Friday advisory further requested that platforms guarantee that their AI technologies do not "threaten the integrity of the electoral process". This summer will see India's general elections, where it is anticipated that the ruling Hindu nationalist party will win a resounding majority.
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