{"id":1018926,"date":"2026-07-04T08:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1018926"},"modified":"2026-07-04T09:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T03:42:10","slug":"govt-weighs-new-ai-law-as-evolving-technology-raises-fresh-concerns-over-cyber-threats-and-deepfakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/07\/04\/govt-weighs-new-ai-law-as-evolving-technology-raises-fresh-concerns-over-cyber-threats-and-deepfakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt weighs new AI law as evolving technology raises fresh concerns over cyber threats and deepfakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: With policymakers across the globe grappling with the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), from disinformation to cyber security threats, the government is considering the option of bringing in a separate legislation to regulate AI, IT secretary S Krishnan said on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>India\u2019s existing legal framework has managed to address the initial concerns around AI, such as deepfakes and labour-related issues. However, as the AI technology evolves and new threats emerge, a dedicated regulation or law may be required to deal with them, Krishnan added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: With policymakers across the globe grappling with the challenges posed by artificial intelligence (AI), from disinformation to cyber security threats, the government is considering the option of bringing in a separate legislation to regulate AI, IT secretary S Krishnan said on Friday. India\u2019s existing legal framework has managed to address the initial concerns around AI, such as deepfakes and labour-related issues. However, as the AI technology evolves and new threats emerge, a dedicated regulation or law may be required to deal with them, Krishnan added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1018926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018926","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018926"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018926\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1018941,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018926\/revisions\/1018941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}