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Committee identifies three key barriers to AI deployment: limited compute, skills shortage, inadequate…
The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology examined the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across sectors like finance, energy, and agriculture, as well as India's regulatory preparedness.
Who it concerns: Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; the general public, specifically sectors including finance, energy, security, defence, agriculture, healthcare, and education.
What the committee found
- Identified three fundamental barriers to large-scale AI deployment: limited computing facilities, shortage of skills, and lack of adequate datasets.
- Recommended setting up data centres and AI labs across the country.
- Recommended initiating specialised AI studies from lower school standards, popularising AI in colleges, and introducing fellowships in all universities.
- Flagged risks including deepfakes, cyber threats, AI-based surveillance, and financial fraud.
- Recommended expediting implementation of draft amendments to the IT Rules, 2021.
- Recommended exploring a comprehensive legislation to prevent AI misuse and age restrictions for certain platforms.
- Noted that the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 regulates profiling and bias, and a Digital India Act is under formulation for a new legal framework on AI.
Also in the document
- The Committee identified data accessibility and availability as the most significant challenge in AI deployment.
- A dedicated mitigation centre for harmful content is currently under construction.
- The India AI Mission, launched in March 2024, aims to improve compute capability, dataset access, and talent pools.
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Parliamentary Standing Committee reports (via PRS Legislative Research)
Committee report · Ref. impact-of-emergence-of-ai-and-related-issues
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