A public interest litigation has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a direction to the Union Government to frame a comprehensive regulatory and licensing framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems, especially those capable of generating synthetic images, videos, and audio impersonations of real individuals.

The petition, filed by advocate Aarati Sah, urges the court to issue a writ of mandamus to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to establish a statutory mechanism for the responsible deployment of AI technologies and to ensure accountability from digital intermediaries like Meta Platforms and Google.

According to the petition, the unregulated spread of AI-generated content, popularly known as deepfak

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