He said ministries are creating submissions that identify areas where AI can be implemented based on their own needs and requirements.
On the sidelines of the CII GCC Business Summit, Krishnan said, “Ministries have submitted certain requests and suggestions regarding the type of applications they want based on their requirements. The Prime Minister had asked all ministries to visit stalls at the India AI Summit and exhibition and report where they think AI can be applied in their respective ministries.”
Mr Krishnan said almost 762 proposals had been received, adding: “We are working with various ministries to identify how to move forward.”
A senior official from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) said the government will begin consultations with various stakeholder groups to seek their views and begin the drafting process for a separate AI regulatory roadmap.
“We need to start a discussion among various groups about how stakeholders feel about this bill, and we will start the drafting process,” Krishnan said.
Mr. Krishnan said last week that it was time to consider another AI regulation.
He noted that existing legal provisions have so far been sufficient to address early concerns about issues such as deepfakes and AI-generated synthetic content, but “additional regulations and laws may be needed.”
“This is a dialogue that has begun and my minister (IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnau) and I have previously been on record that we will consider AI regulation at the appropriate time, and it appears that the time is becoming appropriate and we will begin to consider it,” Krishnan said.
Policymakers around the world are grappling with the challenges posed by generative AI, including deepfakes, misinformation, and online harm.
India is tightening IT regulations to crack down on AI deepfakes.
In February, the government introduced stricter obligations for online platforms to deal with AI-generated and synthetic content, including deepfakes, saying platforms such as X and Instagram must remove such content within three hours after receiving a warning from a competent authority or court.
The government has notified amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediate Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 that formally define AI-generated content and synthetic content.
The proposed amendments define “audio, visual, or audiovisual information” and “synthetically generated information” and cover content created or modified by AI that is authentic or appears authentic.
Routine editing, accessibility improvements, and bona fide educational or design work are excluded from this definition.
The center is also discussing stricter disclosure standards for AI-generated content, proposing tweaks to IT rules that would require clear, continuous labels identifying synthetically generated information to be displayed throughout the duration of the visual display.
