'Time has come' for separate AI law, says MeitY Secretary S Krishnan

The Centre has signalled that India could move towards a dedicated legal framework for artificial intelligence, with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) indicating that the time may be ripe to draft standalone AI regulations.Speaking on Friday, MeitY Secretary S. Krishnan said the government is preparing to begin work on a draft regulatory framework for AI, even as it continues to rely on existing legal provisions to address immediate concerns surrounding the technology."We will look at AI regulation when the time is right. It appears the time is getting right and we will start," Krishnan said.He added that while the government has so far used provisions under existing laws to tackle AI-related issues, "probably the time has come now to look at a separate legislation for AI. At the Ministry level, what we can do is prepare a draft regulation for AI."#WATCH