India Needs Custom AI Safety Framework, Not US Copy: Experts

4 Oct 2026, 5:34 pm · 2h ago · 1 min read · YourStoryNew

Indian industry leaders have urged the government to develop a domestic AI safety framework tailored to India's languages, scale, and application-led ecosystem, rather than replicating the voluntary US White House Accord signed by Donald Trump and top tech firms including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Meta, and Nvidia. Nasscom Chairman and Fractal CEO Srikanth Velamakanni stressed that AI safety must outpace advancing model capabilities to prevent catastrophic risks. Experts advocate for comprehensive stakeholder collaboration to address critical threats like deepfakes and cyberattacks, cautioning that voluntary self-policing may prove insufficient for India's rapidly expanding artificial intelligence landscape.