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SC refuses to regulate government AI use, calls it policy matter
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking judicial guidelines to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence by central and state governments, livelaw.in reports.
The Story in Brief
The Supreme Court today declined to entertain a plea seeking judicial guidelines to regulate the use of Artificial Intelligence by central and state governments, livelaw.in reports.
A bench led by Chief Justice Surya Kant said AI regulation is a highly technical policy domain beyond the court's purview and asked the Centre to consider a representation by petitioner NK Goswami, who sought safeguards for high-risk AI systems in welfare, policing, surveillance and content moderation. The court noted the judiciary's own AI use is already regulated, and disposed of the petition without expressing opinion on merits.
The Indian Opinion
Some see the court's refusal as a setback to AI accountability in India. But the judiciary rightly recognised that framing technical standards belongs to experts and the legislature, not to the bench. The real test is whether the Centre will act on the petitioner's detailed representation, disclose an inventory of high-risk government AI systems, and introduce a bill with human oversight and transparency safeguards. Will it?
Source: livelaw.in
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