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The halls of power are waking up to the potentials and pitfalls of artificial intelligence. Yesterday, the United Nations announced a new AI advisory board -- 39 people from across government, academia and industry -- with an aim "to undertake analysis and advance recommendations for the international governance of AI."

​​Not just social media platforms, but all companies will need to have age verification mechanisms, otherwise, theres no way to record the verifiable consent of users, experts told ET. The mandate will be high cost and time consuming, which is worrying all firms, they added.

Data Law: Technology, and telecommunication lawyers who are being approached for guidance on the implementation of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, have told companies to read the finer details and realise that the age-gating clause in the DPDPA is not just for social media companies and education technology platforms, a chunk of whose consumer base, are children. It will be applicable to others too who have to make sure their customers are not minors.

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Data Law: Though the ministry of electronics and IT (Meity) has so far not come out with guidelines or timelines for the implementation of the rules of DPDP Act, officials have indicated that the industry could get up to six months to put a mechanism in place and implement the guidelines.

The government has said that the law will have to be implemented in six months by big companies, while others will get 12 months with only a few exceptions.

Some governmental organisations, particularly state government bodies that are not prepared for the transition, may be given more than 12 months to comply, he added.

Data Law: Big Tech companies are likely to get less time than startups, MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), government departments and other state governments to implement the rules around the DPDPA, the official had said.

Big Tech companies are likely to get less time than startups, MSMEs (micro, small and medium enterprises), government departments and other state governments to implement the rules around the DPDPA, the official had said.

Under the graded plan, while bigger companies such as Meta, Google and others may be given a shorter time for the implementation of the rules, the time for other entities may be more, an official said.