New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- The Centre will publish a consultation paper within a month that will form the foundation of India's techno-legal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence (AI), electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday. The paper will focus on five areas - safety, humanity, skilling, inclusivity and harm mitigation.

The government's view is that AI cannot be regulated through legislation alone and requires a techno-legal approach, which the minister has said many times before, with stakeholders brought on board from the start. Much of the implementation, MeitY believes, will fall to industry, which must take primary responsibility for addressing user harm, cybersecurity, safety, psycho...