Govt may amend IT Act to add new rules for AI, GenAI models

economictimes.indiatimes.com:

government is likely to amend the Information Technology (IT) Rules of 2021 and introduce rules for regulating artificial intelligence (AI) companies and generative AI models, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The amendments are likely to mandate that platforms which use artificially intelligent algorithms or language models to train their machines are free from “bias” of any kind, they said.

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The amendments are likely to be notified soon by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and mandate that such AI algorithms or language models that have inherent biases or are trained on such datasets which give out biased answers be barred from launching for open use.

Apart from the safeguards for preventing bias in AI and language models, the IT Rules amendments may also bring new rules for deepfake, synthetic content and explicit instructions for platforms on loan apps, said one of the persons.
“The parameters for bias that we have right now are centred around caste, religion, community and national security, among other parameters. There will be a legal obligation on platforms to ensure all these parameters are followed, thereby expanding the ambit of trust and safety of the internet,” a senior government official told ET on condition of anonymity.
The official said the government will conduct consultations on additional parameters to eliminate bias apart from those already known and understood to ensure safety.

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