Why in the News?
The Union Government has amended the IT Rules to mandate prominent labelling of AI generated photorealistic content and sharply reduce takedown timelines for unlawful material. The rules take effect from February 20, 2026.
Key Highlights
- Definition of Synthetic Content: AI generated audio, visual or audiovisual content that appears real and indistinguishable from natural persons or real events.
- Mandatory Labelling: Platforms must seek disclosure if content is AI generated.Â
- If no disclosure, platforms must label it prominently.Â
- Non consensual deepfakes must be removed.
- Reduced Takedown Timeline: Court or government declared illegal content: within 3 hours.Â
- Non consensual nudity and deepfakes: within 2 hours. Earlier limit was 24 to 36 hours
- Safe Harbour Impact: Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, intermediaries enjoy safe harbour under Section 79.Â
- Failure to exercise due diligence may lead to loss of immunity.
- States’ Power: States can now notify more than one officer to issue takedown orders.
| [2020] With the present state of development, Artificial Intelligence can effectively do which of the following?Â
1. Bring down electricity consumption in industrial units 2. Create meaningful short stories and songs 3. Disease diagnosis 4. Text-to-Speech Conversion 5. Wireless transmission of electrical energy Select the correct answer using the code given below: (a) 1, 2, 3 and 5 only (b) 1, 3 and 4 only (c) 2, 4 and 5 only (d) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 |
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