MediaNama hosted a roundtable on Governing the AI Ecosystem on July 11 to better understand the challenges that need to be addressed when considering AI regulation. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a transformative technology that has the potential to revolutionize various sectors, including healthcare, finance, and manufacturing. However, widespread adoption of AI faces obstacles in the form of regulatory challenges, including issues around delegating responsibilities among various players in the AI ecosystem.
The roundtable sought answers to questions such as: To what extent can developers be held responsible for their models? How should responsibility be distributed between developers, deployers and end users? How should liability be managed when AI models are integrated into existing systems? Are conversations with chatbots private or public? How can regulation take into account the probabilistic nature of AI output?
A video of the panel discussion can be viewed below.
Participants included organizations such as:
The discussion saw over 300 registrations from Digital India Foundation, CUTS, Ikigai Law, IIT Bombay, CCG, E2E Networks Limited, Nasscom, US Embassy, Nagrik Project, Carnegie India, The Hindu, Apollo 247, Data Security Council of India, Rockwell Automation India, Internet Freedom Foundation, Full Stack Capital, Google, Article 21 Trust, Coca-Cola India, Com First, Dvara Research, Games24x7, Samsung Electronics India, Meta, US India Strategic Partnership Forum and Quantum Hub.
What we discussed:
- How to prevent AI models from generating derogatory content
- Supporting angel investment in AI
- Size and structure of sovereign AI funds
- Including AI within the scope of the Digital India Act
- The Need for a Separate Regulatory Framework for AI
- AI regulation by sector
- The Role of Regulatory Sandboxes in AI Development
- Incorporating AI agents and autonomous decision-making into responsibility allocation
- Choosing a Harm- and Risk-Based Approach to Regulation
- Potential risks of open-sourcing AI models
We will then publish the story of this discussion on our website. It will be released in the next few days, so stay tuned. Sign up for our free daily newsletter Stay up to date with the latest stories.If you would like to sponsor an upcoming discussion on MediaNama, please get in touch. here.
We'd like to thank Meta, Salesforce, and Google for sponsoring this event, and we'd also like to thank The Internet Freedom Foundation, CCAOI, Center for Communication Governance at National Law University, Delhi, CUTS International, and the Centre for Internet and Society for their support as community partners.
