A 360-degree view of India’s legislative, judicial and policy AI landscape

‘First published on Lexology’

A lot has been said about AI, its importance, and the threats on various forums.

Writing for Lexology AI Law Review, Pravin Anand, Vibhav Mithal, Siddhant Chamola and Alvin Antony bring to you a 360-degree view of India’s legislative, judicial and policy AI landscape. In addition to providing a perspective of India’s AI landscape of the past 12 months which included cases around personality rights before the Courts, the chapter provides a comprehensive perspective of the current laws and voluntary guidelines that pertain to AI. The chapter also covers frameworks that may enable managing AI Risk and its impacts in the Indian context.

“As AI’s omnipresence, especially generative AI, in India continuously evolves, the following will remain pivotal for any enterprise:

(1) mechanisms to protect and compensate creators;
(2) developing policies with regard to the use of generative AI tools;
(3) envisaging AI governance structures for responsible AI development; and
(4) monitoring and complying with the evolving legal landscape,” say the authors as they conclude that in order to fully harness the promise of AI within India’s socio-economic growth, it is imperative to strike a balance among innovation as well as responsible deployment of AI.