Parliament question asked if AI platforms get safe harbor. Here’s what MeitY said & what we think

Read Jitin Prasada’s full response here . A parliament question asked “whether generative AI systems including chatbot-based AI services fall within the definition of an ‘intermediary’ under Section 2(1)(w) of the Information Technology (IT) Act and therefore eligible for safe harbor protection under Section 79 of the IT Act. Responding to this, Union Minister of State for Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Jitin Prasada, said that the safe harbor protections under the IT Act for AI s