India, July 4 -- India appears set to move towards a dedicated regulatory framework for Artificial Intelligence (AI), with IT Secretary S Krishnan on Friday saying the time has come to look at a separate AI regulation.

Krishnan noted that while existing legal provisions have so far been adequate in addressing initial concerns on issues like deepfakes and AI-generated synthetic content, an "additional regulation or law may be needed".

"It is a conversation which has commenced, and my Minister (IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw) and I have both been on record earlier that we will look at AI regulation when the time is right, and it appears that the time is getting right, and we will start looking at it," Krishnan said.

He added: "We have used...