San Francisco, June 8 -- San Francisco: Microsoft, the world's fourth-largest company, believes countries including India should regulate artificial intelligence in order to build trust among companies and consumers, in the aftermath of an executive order seeking prior access to AI models by the US government.

At the same time, regulation should not come at the cost of innovation, Sarah Bird, Microsoft's chief product officer for responsible AI, told Mint.

The comments come as India reassesses its AI governance framework and as global technology firms race to shape how governments regulate a technology that could transform everything from jobs and education to enterprise software and public services.

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