It is reported that India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) plans to introduce a comprehensive AI Act, modelled after the Information Technology (IT) Act of 2000, to formalise the regulation of deepfakes and synthetically generated content. Internal sources suggest have revealed the AI Act will be introduced after 6 November 2025 upon the completion of MeitY’s consultation on new draft rules to regulate deepfakes and synthetic data (i.e. the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021), which derive their authority from the IT Act. Officials said once an AI Act is in place, it can be expanded through additional rules as technology evolves, just as the IT Act framework allows.
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