Tamil Nadu Working on Safe and Ethical AI Policy: Report

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  • The policy will be released with the blockchain and electronics hardware policy in about three weeks
  • Government departments will begin to use AI progressively

According to a report by the Economic Times, a top state government official has said that Tamil Nadu will unveil a policy for safe and ethical use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)soon. The report says that Santhosh Mishra, chief executive officer of Tamil Nadu e-Governance agency, said that though there has been a lot of talk around AI, condensing it in the form of a policy has not been done yet.

The report says the government will also come out with a rule book for state agencies and vendors who use AI for governance services to handle private individual data in a sensitive manner. The policy will be released with the blockchain and electronics hardware policy in about three weeks according to another top government official says the report.

AI is used in a safe and ethical way

The official said that government departments will begin to use AI progressively as per the report. He also said that the government has created a matrix which will indicate if the AI is used in a safe and ethical way.