Government's approval is required before launching an AI model in India; startups are exempt from this rule

There have been recent reports about getting approval before releasing AI models in India.

Rajiv Chandrashekhar, the Minister of State for Electronics and IT, has provided an update on the decision in this regard.

Rajiv Chandrashekhar, the Minister of State for Electronics and IT, made it very evident in a post on his X handle that large tech companies and social media subsidiaries will be the only ones who need permission before launching AI models. Nevertheless, new businesses will not be covered by this ruling.

Rajeev Chandrashekhar has said that this advisory has been brought to prevent untested AI models from being introduced on the Indian Internet.

This process of taking permission before launching AI models on the platform without testing will act as a kind of insurance policy for the labelling platform.

Internet security and trust in India is a common goal of the government as well as platforms and users.

The central government last week strongly criticized big internet and social media platforms over the misuse of AI.

The Center had said that arbitrators should avoid any kind of bias or discrimination. The integrity of the electoral process should not be threatened in any way.

Along with this, government permission will matter before launching any AI model.

It was said by the Center that the new guidelines will have to be worked on immediately and the platforms will have to submit the action taken cum status report to the ministry within 15 days.