India, April 23 -- The government on Tuesday proposed labels be persistently displayed on any AI-generated content when hosted on social media platform, a shift from the existing proposals to tweak the Information Technology Rules 2021 that laid down the need for such distinction.

In a notice issued on April 21, the ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity) proposed an amendment to Rule 3(3)(a)(ii) of the IT Rules, adding language that requires "continuous and clearly visible display of label for synthetically generated information [AI generated content] throughout the duration of the content in visual display."

Rule 3(3)(a)(ii) itself is a relatively recent addition, notified by the government in February as part of a ...