TRAI Recommendation to Regulate AI
Source: PIB
GS II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation; GS III: Science and Technology
Overview
- News in Brief
- TRAI Recommendation to Regulate AI
- What is Artificial Intelligence?
Why in News ?
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released a set of recommendations advocating the urgent adoption of a regulatory framework to govern the responsible development of artificial intelligence (AI) across sectors.
About TRAI Recommendation
- Why regulation required?
- In a risk-based framework, it was crucial to govern particular AI use cases that may directly affect people.
- Creation of Authority
- The creation of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority of India (AIDAI).
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay - It is an independent statutory agency that would serve as an advising body, a regulatory body and a recommendatory body for all fields linked to artificial intelligence.
- Specific AI use cases should be controlled according to a risk-based framework, with legally enforceable duties placed on high-risk use cases that directly affect people.
- All upcoming technologies and cutting-edge designs for AI models will be adopted by AIDAI.
- Establish a standard framework for private and governmental organisations to embrace the national data policy.
- It should draw members from different ministries, departments, industry, legal experts, cyber experts, academia and research institutes, besides representatives of relevant ministries and departments of central or state governments
- The creation of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Authority of India (AIDAI).
- Responsible Ministry
- The ministry of electronics and information technology should serve as the administrative ministry for artificial intelligence, according to TRAI.
- AI role in all sector
- AI has the ability to have an impact on a variety of industries
- Not only the telecom industry, including healthcare, transportation, finance, education, and agriculture.
- To look at how AI is affecting many industries rather than just telecom holistic approach is needed.
What is Artificial Intelligence?
- AI refers to a computer’s or a robot’s capacity to do jobs that are typically performed by people since they call for human intelligence and judgement.
- The term artificial intelligence (AI) describes a machine’s capacity to carry out cognitive functions including reasoning, perception, learning, and problem-solving.
- The capacity to reason and act in ways that have the highest possibility of reaching a particular objective.
TRAI
- The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), which was established in 1997 by an Act of Parliament.
- Aims to regulate telecom services, including fixation/revision of tariffs for telecom services which were earlier vested in the Central Government.
- Create and nurture conditions for growth of telecommunications in the country.
- To provide a fair and transparent policy environment.
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