'Clear And Present Danger': Rajeev Chandrasekhar Calls For AI Guardrails
Former Indian minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar is advocating for stronger government oversight and safety guardrails for artificial intelligence. He argues that innovation and regulation can coexist and that governments must act to prevent AI-driven disinformation and criminal activity.
Why it matters
As AI capabilities grow, the debate over whether tech companies can self-regulate or if statutory government intervention is required has become a critical global policy issue.
As leading artificial intelligence companies confront growing concerns over the misuse and potential risks of frontier AI, former Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar has called for stronger governance frameworks, arguing that innovation and regulation need not be opposing forces.In an exclusive interview with NDTV Senior Executive Editor Aditya Raj Kaul, Chandrasekhar said governments globally were struggling to keep pace with rapid advances in AI, even as the technology increasingly acquires the ability to amplify criminal activity, disinformation and threats to democratic systems.His comments come amid a renewed global debate over AI safety after Anthropic published a 154-page report documenting nine months of AI misuse.
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