A day after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on AI risks at the G20 Virtual Summit, the Indian government announced that it is set to soon come up with regulations to tackle the deepfake concerns, including holding social media platforms and content creators responsible for the menace.
The decision to get the draft regulations ready as soon as possible came after Indian IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw chaired a meeting with stakeholders such as social media companies as well as companies who are working on AI tools.
As per a release by the government following the meet, an agreement was made “that government, academia, social media companies and NASSCOM will jointly work towards responding to deepfake.”
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Moreover, a consensus was also reached to work on four pointers within a timeline of next 10 days. It included four elements the detection of Deepfake content, prevention of its propagation, grievance redressal mechanism, and finally awareness over the issue.
Follow-up meet next week
In addition to this, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology would start making assessments and drafting regulations on Deepfake. To further tighten the noose over Deepfake misuse, another meeting with relevant stakeholders is scheduled for December first week.
It will be a follow-up meeting to finalise the said 4-pillared structure.
PM Modi at the G20 Virtual Summit said “Deepfake is a big concern. AI has to be safe for the public.” Many nations are taking steps to address the known and unknown risks of AI technology. India, along with countries like the United Kingdom, United States, Australia, and China, signed the so-called Bletchley Declaration on the first day of the AI Safety Summit hosted by the UK government. The nations agreed to work hand-in-hand on AI safety research.
(With inputs from agencies)
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