India’s new AI strategy and governance guidelines try to balance regulation and growth, tech sovereignty and collaboration with Europe
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The Indian government released a strategy to bolster the country’s emerging artificial intelligence sector in November, together with detailed guidelines for AI governance.
“We have come out with a framework [where] I think we have balanced nimble regulation with innovation,” said Ajay Kumar Sood, India’s principal scientific advisor, in an interview with Science|Business.
Sood led the advisory group that drafted the guidelines, which he said try to walk a line between having responsible regulations and allowing new AI innovations to thrive in the country.
The India AI Governance Guidelines set out rules for AI applications in areas such as data…
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