India's Minister of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) Ashwini Vaishnau said the government will soon enact new laws on artificial intelligence to protect the rights of news publishers and content creators while addressing harm to users. .
In an interview with the Economic Times, the minister said the government could draft a stand-alone bill, otherwise the new obligations would be part of the Digital India Bill, which replaces the Information Technology Act, 2000. He said it would be. The Minister stressed that it was important. To protect the industry's intellectual property and financial and commercial interests.
The minister's statement comes at a time when Indian news organizations have also started rallying for copyright protection in view of the increasing use of generative AI in content creation. In January this year, the Digital News Publishers Association (DNPA), an association representing at least 17 digital media organizations in India, submitted a letter to the central government seeking copyright protection rules for generative AI models.
According to reports, the group has made representations to MeitY and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) seeking changes to the Information Technology Rules, 2021 governing platforms in India. Primarily, organizations are seeking to ensure fair remuneration for the use of news content to train AI. model.
The Indian government has emphasized the rights of Indian publishers on various occasions, whether it's advertising revenue or now AI. So do we need new laws regarding AI? What can be done instead to protect news organizations' intellectual property? MediaNama founder and editor Nikhil Pahwa discusses the complexities of AI training and its potential impact on news publishers.
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