Regulating AI

Guidelines will need to evolve over time

Nasscom, the IT industry chamber, has released guidelines for the responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (AI). These draft guidelines are the result of consultations with a multi-disciplinary group of AI experts, with representations from academia and civil society. They should aid in defining frameworks and act as common standards for researching, developing, and using GenAI responsibly. This is part of a global effort to review and develop standards around this fast-developing sector. Even the chief executive officer of OpenAI, which developed the GPT series of algorithms, triggering the current explosion of GenAI, agrees that regulation is desirable. The guidelines define GenAI as a type of AI technology that can create artefacts such as image, text, audio, video, and various forms of multi-modal content. Even this already-broad definition may need to be modified as AI rapidly develops entirely new capabilities.