India asks tech firms to seek approval before releasing 'unreliable' AI tools


FILE PHOTO: Google logo and AI Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken, May 4, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India has asked tech firms to seek its approval before the public release of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that are "unreliable" or under trial, noting they should also be labelled for the potential to return wrong answers for user queries.

The use of such tools, including generative AI, and its "availability to the users on Indian Internet must be done so with explicit permission of the Government of India," the country's IT ministry said in an advisory issued last Friday to the platforms.

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