Overview
- The state announced on June 30 that it will set up an expert committee within 30 days to draft standard operating procedures for AI use, with a report due in four to six months and recommendations to be forwarded to the central government.
- Minister Yogesh Kadam told the Assembly that the Vidhan Bhavan facial recognition system falls under the Legislature Secretariat and the Speaker’s jurisdiction and that any Speaker‑ordered inquiry would involve police investigators.
- The government said existing Digital Personal Data Protection rules allow citizens to complain to the Data Protection Board over misuse of AI devices, while also promising targeted training for security and enforcement personnel to detect and manage AI‑enabled smart wearables.
- Opposition MLAs pressed for clear rules after lawmakers raised that smart glasses can covertly record audio and video, perform facial recognition and threaten privacy, women’s safety, minors’ protection and confidentiality of sensitive government information.
- Officials plan location-based restrictions such as no‑wearable zones in sensitive sites and want the state panel’s technical recommendations to feed into broader national and global debates about regulating AI wearables.