India’s newly released AI Governance Framework signals a welcome pragmatism in the approach to deal with the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. Rather than rushing to draft a new law to control AI, the Centre has opted for an adaptive regulatory model that reviews and updates existing laws to address emerging risks. This approach recognises that technology is evolving faster than legislation can keep up, and that flexibility, not overregulation, will better serve innovation and inclusion.

The framework, issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, rightly identifies critical grey areas, such as the definition of “intermediary” in the Information Technology Act, 2000, which predates the emergence of autonomous or generative systems. Questions around who bears liabi

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