India, Oct. 1 -- Three years after Parliament passed the DPDP Act, the rules that will shape Indian AI are largely in place. Full compliance is due by May 2027

India's artificial intelligence sector is expanding under a new legal framework built around the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, amended IT Rules on deepfakes and a national AI mission backed by public money. The full test of this framework will come in May 2027, when every obligation under the data protection law takes effect.

AI in daily life

Artificial intelligence refers to computer systems that learn from large volumes of data to predict outcomes, classify information and generate text, images or speech. In India, the technology already checks UPI payments for f...